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Looking for my mother’s brother (my Uncle).. Two years after my mother’s - Mary Margaret Ervine- Selby-Svoboda birth in 1928‚ I found Lillian Jane Ervine (my grandmother) in an April 2‚ 1930 Census living at the Nebraska Industrial Home for unwed mothers in Milford‚ Nebraska. This shows her with a 5-month baby boy named Lyle E. Ervine. Before passing‚ my mother believed she had a brother born in 1929 that was fathered by the same man as her biological father. This verifies that. The record shows his Father’s Birthplace as Nebraska. Wish I knew where in Nebraska or his name 😉 Later that year on December 8‚ 1930 she married Harley F. Selby. in Mitchell‚ Nebraska. Lyle E. Ervine was most likely adopted out since my grandmother Lillian Jane Ervine Selby never shared with family that she ever had a son fathered by the same man as my mother. I’m just thankful that my mother was not adopted out of wedlock like her brother. This also tells me that Grandmother Lillian knew‚ loved‚ trusted and spent time over a number of years with this man since she had two children with him. I believe an adoption record must exist for Lyle E. Ervine through the Milford Industrial Home (Maternity Home) in Milford‚ Nebraska and that it might possibly have his father’s name on it. I’m not sure how to go about finding that adoption record or if it would have my Mother’s and her brother Lyle’s birth father’s name attached. Grandmother Lillian sure kept it a secret from us for many years and carried the secret with her till her death in 2002. If you have any suggestions how I might track that down‚ please let me know. Even if I found Lyle E. Ervine’s adoptive name and family‚ they might have more information about my biological grandfather on my mom’s side of the family..