Singer and actor Billy Ray Cyrus is a proud father of six, but not all of his children are biologically his. Two of them, Brandi and Trace Cyrus, are adopted — a fact that's long been known but recently sparked renewed interest.

Trace Cyrus, as a child, wanted to be just like dad Billy Ray Cyrus growing up. Nowadays, he says, he can "barely recognize" his father as someone he once thought was "the coolest person ever." The younger Cyrus,