== Leben ==Frances McDormand ist ein Adoptivkind und wuchs mit weiteren Adoptivgeschwistern in einer frommen Familie auf, die der Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) angehört. ###>She has a sister, Dorothy A. McDormand, who is an ordained Disciples of Christ minister and chaplain, as well as another sibling, both of whom were adopted by the McDormands, who had no biological children.