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I was adopted the April 17, 1955,The birth mother was Barbra Yednak she had other children after me.She had a brother Pete he was older then her.She had twins after I was born and gave the baby boy up to a family in Chicago ill. I think there name was Koba his name was Paul .Please email me at starfire_552000@yahoo.com. Im just looking for anyone who realy knows them for medical info.And to see how many brothers and sisters I may have, and who the father was.Nothing else.

I need to know who i am...I was adopted when i was six names are a blur,but i remember most things that happened,..my family doesnt talk about a lot of things so i have a lot of things i dont know.I know i have a brother i always thought that and i talked to my aunt and she confirmed it..I remember having to go to therapy over my mother but i dont remember what for my aunt asays she may have had mental issues...I tried to talk to my parents along time ago they no nothing legally by the year i was born the states were not allowed to tell them anything about my past unless my birth parents agree...

the thing is i my health is failing and the doctors cant find anything when i go to the emergency room and i have no insurance so i cant see a regular doctor..aside from my health i always felt that i am not normal my whole life has been about trying to fit in and mentally i have always felt like something is wrong with me...my sister and my best friends is the only one who knows one fact about me and that is that i have tried to take m life more than once.i have had so much bottled inside of me that i just gave up...

recently my whole llife has just fell apart but i joined a church and im trying to make my life right i fear i can never live a good life until i know what happened to me ,why i got my scar and know my biological family i know i have a brother out there thats all i know...

i will not feel complete until i know what is wrong with me, all i know is my birth name Jamice Elise Hayes and that i was born here in cleveland, I am pretty sure my moms name started with an S and she had mental health issues thats all i know....

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My name is Marta Rosalia Anderson Reyes, I was given up for adoption from birth in Santa Maria, CA. Born Sept. 4th, 1964, since age 7 I knew I was special. Yes, I found out I was an adoptee. 12 yrs ago I posed as a lawyer at the Santa Barbara Superior Court house and retained my 16 page Adoption court paperwork! I was desperate!! So my bio mom is Paula Duran de la Roche, bio dad is Jesus Gonzalez, and on my court papers from the S.B. Welfare Dept. it states that "in lieu to "Arturo Torres Gomez" (presumed father)! Well like any adoptee, I first searched for my bio mom, and 1 yr ago today I located her here in Anaheim, CA. She lives with her sister "Rosie" and her husband "Albert". Rosie and Albert have 3 children together.. Sandra, Bert, and Linda. Here is where it gets twisted...Paula and Albert have 3 children together also!...Allen, Judy, and Ronald. I was born between Judy and Ronnie. No one even knew about me untill I started searching and calling! So far Ronnie and Bert know about me because I have spoken to them on the phone and Ronnie I have enjoyed the company of him comming over to meet me! Bert is a Hollywood director and I have been in contact with him by phone and email! Linda was the first person I contacted and she has made it a point to try to keep me a 43 yr. old secret because of Paula's wishes. Judy has M.S. and Allen has passed on in 1997 from a trucking accident. Sandra, lives up in Northern California and doesn't really keep in touch with the family from what Ronnie tells me. The family has had nothing but lies and secrets told to them..one thing is that all 6 kids were lied to and thought that Rosie was their mom and Aunt Paula was just that an Aunt. Unitll they got older in their teens and found out the horrible truth! Even back in Durango, MX till this day they think this! No they are not Mormon. Catholic! Then Linda and Allen grew up thinking they were twins! Because both sisters had them same yr! So they told them they were twins! Untill of course they were old enough to figure it out!
When I spoke to Bert he asked my what was the name of my father on my birth certificate and told him. He shocked me when he told me that 'Jesus Gonzalez" was also "Allens" bio father and not his father "Albert". Right before Allens accident he got a copy of his birth certificate and it stated that indeed his father was ....Mine!!! My only biological "full fledge brother" and I will never get to know him or anything! I called Ronnie with the news and he wouldn't believe it because he swears that his Dad is Allens dad. I was so happy to find another "piece" about me that I didn,t think of how devastated Ronnie would be. And now I feel a little distant from him because of that. Well staff at "The Locator" and Mr. Dunn I am not getting anywhere with my Bio Mom because she does not want to meet me and she is like an hour away from me!! I would love to seek my and Allens bio father "Jesus" who at the time of my birth was 24 yrs old. Bert told me that Allen was on his way to search for Jesus and then he was killed on the 101. I need to do this for him first then me!! I want him to be able to cross over to the other side if he left this unfinished business behind!! I love my only brother that I now think about every day. I need your help please!! I mean how in the world will I ever find our father!! If it's not too much I would like to find my "Presumed Father" as well! Since my mother doesn't want her 44 yr. old secret to come out. I don't need the emotional pain that she has instilled in me after all my life I was told that she loved me enough to give me up! It doesnt make any sense at all!! On my case I was named "Baby Girl Gonzalez" ....my real birth name!! I think that this is quite a story and I am sure there are more skeletons in Paulas closet but I will not quit untill I find my heart in some one elses......my father! I would love to be considered for the "Angle Case" your cast seeks! You are my only answer to my search! I have done just about all I can do.....Will you help me?
Thank You for Listening! and God Bless You all for All You Do!!
Marta Anderson aka: Baby Girl Gonzalez

I am searching for family members from the Houston, Texas area. My father is getting older and we have been trying to search for family members. The only names I know are Maurice Collins, Betty Jean Collins and Michael. If anyone has any information, we would appreciate it. My grandparents were Ruby Wilson Harper and George Harper, Jr. My parents are Carlton D. Harper 09/15/49 and Pamela M. Williams 03/20/53. My grandfather passed away when my father was 19 and grandmother passed away in or around 1990 in Oxnard, Ca. I remember when I was a child, we visited in Austin Tx. I had an uncle that had a wooden leg. The rest of the memories are just gone out of my memory bank. I dont have any other info.

My husband was one of six children removed from his parents in 1964. I believe that some or all of the other siblings have been in contact with each other. My husband's adoptive parents chose not to keep in contact with his older siblings. My husband says he has no interest in finding his siblings and that if they wanted to know him they would find him. My husband was very close to his adopted mother and I know that when his sister found her natural parents it was upsetting to her mother. I also know that he has a deep sense of abandonment that I believe is a factor in keeping him from looking for his sibling. I truly believe that he is afraid of being abandoned again by his siblings even though they didn't abandoned him to begin with.
My concern is that my husband has some major health issues (he is epileptic and has a blood clotting disorder). We have a 15 yr old son and a 14 yr old daughter and I have tried to explain that he doesn't need to have a relationship with his natural siblings if he doesn't want to but that he should try and at least find out if they have any of the same kinds of health issues. He could be providing them with helpful information also.
Here is what I know about his family there are five siblings and one-step sibling. They were born in Guthrie County IA from 1957 -1963 (step brother born 6/13/57 adopted in Decatur Co, brother born 4/27/59 adopted in Carroll Co, brother born 5/1/60 adopted in Guthrie Co, brother born 3/20/61 adopted in Audubon Co, sister born 3/31/63 adopted in Webster Co. My husband was born 2/18/62 adopted in Henry Co). The children were removed from the home in 11/64 and taken to the Annie Whittenmyer home in Davenport IA. It is my understanding that his mother may have been pregnant at the time so he may have another sibling out there. His father died 1-3-65 at the University of Iowa Burn Unit.
My husband has told me on several occasions that I can find his siblings but he doesn't want to see them. I would not want to do that because I would not want to hurt them by finding them and my husband not wanting to see them.
Am I just being selfish wanting him to find them so that he can have some closure? I truly think it would help him a great deal in dealing with past hurts. Not to mention the fact that I want my children to have a complete health history, which they can't have without him finding some information out from his side of the family. With his clotting disorder, it could even be dangerous for our daughter to be on birth control since one of its side effects is blood clots.

I am looking for my cousin Philip (his name at birth). I am doing this on behalf of his birthmother (my aunt). I've been searching for 10 years. He was born in Beth Israel Hospital, Newark, NJ on 6/24/1960 at 7:36 P.M. He was adopted I believe at 13 days old out of an agency in East Orange, NJ. I think the adoptive parents were Irish/German/Catholic. The delivering doctor was Philip Grundfest. The # on the birth cert. we have is F7260. The original is in the City of Newark, NJ Vital Statistics Office. At the time of the birth, the Health Officer/Registrar was Pascal Baiocchi, M.D. Philip was also baptized, probably at the hospital where he was born. My aunt was 17 at the time and reluctantly consented to the adoption. Her name was (and still is) Catherine Carey, the birth father was Thomas Toolan.

I am a 41 year old woman who is considering finding her natural mother.

December 1 2008

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