Complex sentence: While origin stories differ, Tommy was adopted by adopted in 1942 by Zaidee Bullis and her husband Mark C. Bullis, who may have named him after the 18th-century nursery-rhyme character Little Tommy Tucker.
Split into simpler sentences: While origin stories differ, Tommy was adopted by adopted in 1942 by Zaidee Bullis and her husband Mark C. Bullis. He may have been named after the 18th-century nursery-rhyme character Little Tommy Tucker.