Babe Ruth adopted Julia Ruth Stevens, who was born in 1916, when he married her mother, Claire Hodgson, per The Washington Post. Although she was adopted by Ruth, Julia saw herself as his daughter, not his stepdaughter. One thing that helped cement that in her mind was that he gave her a blood transfusion once, since he was a match, per the Daily Republic. Having the blood of Babe Ruth would certainly forge a connection between them in her mind.
Long after Babe Ruth died, she loved to be connected to the same sport that her father had played, often throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. Julia also penned three books and made television and radio appearances. Fans loved her because she was a tangible connection to the man that many know of as the Sultan of Swat.
Julia lived to be 102 before dying in 2019, per The New York Times.
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