New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has become one of the faces of the sport. He has worked hard to get to this point in his career. Judge has a great support system in the shape of his adoptive parents, Patty and Wayne.
Patty and Wayne, who worked as schoolteachers in California, adopted Judge the day after he was born.
Judge only asked his parents about it when he was in elementary school and he realized he didn't look like them.

"I think it was like, 'I don't look like you, Mom. I don't look like you, Dad. Like, what's going on here?'" Judge was quoted as saying in a 2017 article by MLB's Bryan Hoch.
Judge said it was then that his parents told him that they had adopted him.
"They just kind of told me I was adopted. I was like, 'OK, that's fine with me. You're still my mom, the only mom I know. You're still my dad, the only dad I know,'" Judge said.
Aaron Judge is forever grateful to his mom and dad

In the same interview, Judge said he spoke to his parents every day. He even revealed he had some plans for his mother in 2017, with Mother's Day coming up. Judge stated he would buy her some flowers and make sure she knew how much she meant to the slugger.
"I'll just thank her again for everything she's done, and tell her again I know I wouldn't be in the position I am now if it wasn't for her love and guidance," said Judge.
Judge admitted that if it were not for his mother and father's guidance growing up, he would not be the captain of the Yankees.