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DebRedSmith

I had four younger brothers, two being twins, who were born to my mother in Western Michigan, maybe the Hart-Shelby area between 1955 and 1960. There names were Kip, Kem or Ken, Kep and Kim. Their father was a relative of my father’s. Their last names may have been Redding, Samuel or Laszar/Lazar at the time of their births but were changed later. They lived with their biological father at first and then maybe an aunt and uncle. My father passed in 1958 and my mother may have briefly married their father, but my grandfather had the marriage annulled and the boys put up for adoption. My mother died in 1968 from terminal illness. The boys used to visit our homes as young children when we were very young and before my mother remarried. They may have been raised by an uncle but he denies knowing anything about them. I have been searching for 30 years and not found anything although I did contact a lady who may known something but stopped communicating with me. I am 63 and my older sisters are 65 and 67, so we would like to meet them before we are gone. Their parents were Betty Lee Redding and Leonard Harold Redding, both deceased. Because their names were possibly changed and birth and adoption records sealed, I have not been able to find out anything at all. I had one lead but the woman never contacted me again but had said she was told not to ask or talk about it. That was about 12 years ago. Thank you for any information you may have.