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A Few of Our Members Currently Searching Within Minnesota Who Chose To Be Featured
286. Ellenod1962 : I was adopted through Catholic Charities in Saint Paul Minnesota - I believe I was 6 months old. My adopted parent’s names were William and Louise Toole and they lived in Rhode Island where I grew up happily.
287. Blonddriver : I have been looking for my daughters since they were taken away in 1999. They are now 23 and 22 and one company told me they could help, gave me pics of what they might look like and then let me hanging. crushed me more then when they were taken away. Please help me. I have been empty since they were taken away by DHS when they were 4 and 5. I have everything including Social Security numbers, D.O.B. for both. The only thing I don’t have is their last name if they adopted family changed them. I think they live in MN, but not 100% sure. Please help. I am very destitute and am losing hope. Also, I have a new name now. Please contact me either way!! Thank you.
288. Cdbaker : My given name at birth was Charlie Dean Nemeth, Now it is Charles Dean Baker, I was born in 1966 in Manitoba Canada and my adoption was finalized in Minnesota. I was told I have twin siblings that were born in 1961, in Manitoba Canada and were soon after birth adopted and their adoption was finalized in Minnesota. I was also told I had a brother born in 1963 and a sister born 1965 both still in Canada. I have always wanted to know if I had a family and now that I have been told some information I would like to meet, talk or at least know that my siblings are real. Also, I do not know bith month or day, just the year
289. Blonddriver : In either 1998 or 1999‚ my daughter Andrea Marie Skibstead was taken away from me due to my mental illness in Olmsted County in Rochester‚ MN. I have been looking for her for a very‚ very long time and I ask for help in finding her. She was born in Rochester on February 22nd‚ 1994. At Olmsted Community Hospital. I have been lost and have had an empty heart since then. A company that said they would help me find her gave me a picture of her and that was all they did. I have no idea if the pic is even of her since I haven’t seen her since after her birthday when she turned 4.
290. Blonddriver : Sarah Ann Skibstead was born on February 26th, 1995 in Rochester, MN at the Olmsted Community Hospital. She was 4 when she, like her sister Andrea Marie Skibstead were removed from a loving him by DHS. I have been lost and have had a broken heart every since.
292. Lilleven : On Feb 21, 1948 a little girl was born in Minneapolis (possibly at Eitel Hospital). Several weeks later she was adopted by a couple with an 8 yr old son. She was named Susan and was well cared for and cherished by her new family. I am searching to see if there is someone out there who is wondering what happened to her child.
295. Audrey-NaplesFla : I was able to meet my biological mother in 1970. Her name was Kathryn Lebakken from Winnona, WI. she was sent to an home for unwed mothers in St. Paul, MN. Family was told she was caring for a sick Aunt. I am looking for my birth father, and don’t have alot of information - other than the birth grandmother was a music teacher.
297. Chitink : I am looking for my son who was adopted in Ramsey cty MN . He was born at HCMC on July 4, 1998, under the name Marcus James Tinklenberg. I believe he was adopted by his foster mother who was a single black female. It was a closed adoption so I have no information on this besides what a heard second hand. We , myself and your sisters and brothers are looking for you and would love to reunite and have you in our lives. My name is Chi Tinklenberg and your older sister Kayla Tinklenberg. Please look us up via social media or this website. (Kayla Rae/FB) I pray we can find you . Much love
298. Djjohnsen : Birth location may have been North Dakota but adoption may have taken place in either North Dakota or Minneapolis, MN.
Adoptive parents were Johanna Friedrich Wilhelm Dreier (AKA Dryer) and Nora Hanna Hawkins (Dryer).
All adoption records have been destroyed by his wife after he passed.
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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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