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Hknajjar2

I was adopted through Catholic Charities Washington, D.C. to a family in Maryland in 1969. I am a female and was born on March 30, 1969. I was able to receive non-identifying information from Catholic Charities. In the non-identifying information, the social worker at the time of my adoption noted that my biological Mother had not told her parents she was pregnant, until she went into labor.. Her Mom, who had a child as young as two years at the time, was willing to keep me. My biological maternal Grandfather refused, at least that it what the report indicates. The report also states that my biological Mother left a Catholic medal for them to keep in my file, if I ever sought information. Unfortunately, when I received the this report, the current Catholic Charities social worker reported that the Catholic medal my biological Mother left for me was not in my file and must have been lost or stolen. When I attempted to make contact, years later through yet another Catholic Charities social worker, through her own admission, it was her first "find." She acknowledged that she had called the man who would be my biological uncle, who was only 2 years old when I was born and had no idea I existed. He in turn informed my biological Mother, who has four other children, but sadly, she was very upset that Catholic Charities had "outed" the adoption to her brother (only her Mom and Dad knew). Based on that, she reportedly told them sorry but she was too angry at Catholic Charities to entertain a reunion. I feel so sad to have brought that angst upon her, though, I wonder if since about 10 years have gone by, if she may have reconsidered. Catholic Charities has dropped the ball in many areas and I have a complete loss in confidence with them (so, if she has reconsidered, I have no faith that they haven’t neglected that as well). I also have an interest in my biological Father and his background. As the Mom of five children myself and a professional, living in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, I feel I am in a real position for fact-finding. Although contact and a relationship would be ideal, I would appreciate even simply having one meeting and a thorough medical history, to at least share that with my own children. I don’t want anything from my biological relatives other than medical history (to at least pass on to my children) and it would be a nice bonus to know them. I look forward to any information I can find.