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JosephPrimm
Trying to understand if an adoption took place BIRTH: 11/08/1934 - Robert Gene Christenson (Mary May Christenson, mother) and no father listed in Sioux City, IA or Union County, S. Dakota. We can not locate the certificate of birth and we assume it was filed in South Dakota as we know the document number is 26596 found in the Union County, S. Dak Courthouse records back in the 1980s. DELAYED IOWA BIRTH CERTIFICATE #12956: 11/08/1934, filed 11/20/1934 with full given name of Robert Eugene Hardy, parents Clarence and Florence Hardy. IOWA JUVENILE COURT DECREE #5090: 06/24/1935, indicating Robert Eugene Allen shall be the child of petitioners, Clarence and Florence Hardy. DNA matches have very high probability with my father (William Lawrence Primm, B: Oct 5, 1930 to Lawrence August Primm and Mabel Mae Christensen. Note the name differences for Mabel as she was still married to Lawrence when she gave birth to Robert in 1934. Old relatives now deceased confirmed parts of the story but there is a claim that he was adopted shortly after birth and given the last name Allen. That seems odd given the above info of the delayed birth certificate and subsequent court decree. Bottom line: trying to find any adoption records that would tie Robert Gene Christenson / Robert Eugene Allen / Robert Eugene Hardy to the biological father (whom I suspect is actually Clarence Hardy). My interest is my father (William Lawrence Primm) is a half brother to Robert Eugene Hardy and we are helping his family and our to reconcile these questions.