Bono was raised in an orphanage.
 In 2000, Bono learned that Scott Rankin, a relative he thought to be his cousin, was actually his half-brother; Rankin was the offspring of an affair that Bob Hewson had with his wife's sister Barbara
 In a 2022 interview, Bono revealed he had a half-brother, following a relationship that his father had, unknown to his mother

