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LauraMOIdaho

I am searching for my birth parents. When I requested any medical information from Catholic Charities they sent me the below "non-identifying" information. I was born Nov 6 1968 in St Louis Mo. At St Johns Mercy Hospital. My birth mothers due date was December 20, 1968. She received no prenatal care. My birth mother was 17 years old at the time of my birth. My birth mother left her home town to live with her aunt to have me. She was a high school student. My birth mother was 5 feet 4 inches tall and 115 pounds. She has dark brown hair and brown eyes. Catholic background, and of Irish Scotch and Spanish decent. She was interviewed by the adoption agencey two days prior to my birth. My mothers father was 48 years at the time and was diabetic. Her father was a High School teacher of English. Her mother was 41 and a clerk typist in a small store. The birth father had already graduated high school. The birth father was never interviewed because he lived in another state. My birth father was 19 years old at the time of my birth. He was 5 feet 10 inches tall, and about 165 pounds. Medium build, of Spanish/American and Mexican decent. He had black hair, dark brown eyes and a light olive complexion. He was also Catholic, and attend the same high school as the birth mother. He was a baseball & football star in high school and captain of the football team. After high school he worked in an assemble factory and attended college for one semester. He had been classified 1-A by the draft board, and possibly went to Vietnam. The last contact with the agency had, the birth mother was present at the court hearing. She had intended to reside in St. Louis to finish her school semester Jan. 1969. The adoption was through Catholic Charities of St. Louis. Adoption letter was written and signed by Mary Kay Verbeck. I was adopted on Dec. 18, 1968.