Babe Ruth with his first wife Helen Woodford Ruth and daughter Dorothy Helen Ruth in 1925. Dorothy was Ruth's daughter with his mistress Juanita Jennings. Ruth arranged to adopt the baby without telling his wife, whom he was married in 1914, of her parentage. The Ruths separated by 1926, and Dorothy lived with Helen until her untimely death in 1929, when the 7-year old returned to her father (BSLOC_2020_2_180)