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A Few of Our Members Currently Searching Within Delaware Who Chose To Be Featured
181. NicoleSerrano : Hi! My father, born John Joseph Smallwood, was born on July 16, 1963 and was put into foster care (timeline of foster care unknown). He was later adopted into a family 1-2 years after birth. He has 1 biological sister, name unknown. Mother’s name on birth certificate is MaryAnn Dobrynski and they lived/he was born in Wilmington, Delaware. Do not know any information about his father, other than his last name is Smallwood. Searching for biological sister who (from what we know) was not adopted.
185. ToraEllis : I’m looking for my sister. Her birth parents were Francisco Vega and Kimberly Amerian. I really want to find her. I wish I knew more but the people who know that information are not inclined to share it with me. I’ll find you Shontay. Somehow, someday.
189. TianaSchroeder : I don’t know if my sibling or siblings where adopted or even put out for adoption. I just want to find out if I have siblings or sibling out there my dad always dienied that he had other children to my sisters and I but then our mom said that he was with multiple women and they could have gotten pregnant.
190. MrsCory : My husband wants to find his birth father’s birth family...they were both adopted. I have expressed permission from my husband to locate them since I am good at research. His name is Stephen Alan Kovach after the adoption he’s my biological father-in-law? He was born January 31st 1965. Please help us.
191. Rachelleezachariae : He was born April 12 1959 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania and the adoption took place in Dover Delaware. We have both done the ancestry DNA and I have also done the 23andme. Rachel Zachariae/Lee.
193. ArnishDetron : My birth certificate is from Delaware. I was born in Seaford, and it was a closed adoption. My adopted parents are named Dorothy and Thomas Poe
195. Christa32 : I know I was born in Dover Delaware on October 22, 1986 at 10:21am and my biological mother named me Amanda Renee, I know after I was born she didn’t want to let me go but the adoption was already done, she tried to get me back but the papers where already signed. I know she lived in a foster home in Dover Delaware and she was 17 years old and a junior in high school when she had me. My biological father was 18 years old and a senior in high school. I also know that my adoption took place through catholic charities as well.
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Buffalo, New York
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San Diego, California
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Wadesboro, North Carolina
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Tracy, California
I found all 3 of my siblings and met them in a week. My life has changed forever! One lives in Tracy and the other two are in North Dakota.
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Northampton, Massachusetts
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MODESTO, California
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Springfield, Missouri
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Jacksonville, Florida
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