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A Few of Our Members Currently Searching Within West Virginia Who Chose To Be Featured
751. LauraElaine : My father Eddie Steven Whitt was born August 14‚ 1956 in West Virginia I believe he was born Freddie Keith Seay or something close to that last name he passed away in December 08‚ 2017 me an my brother just want to find out where we come from for our own personal knowledge an our children its something were heavily pursuing.Thanks in advance for anyone that has any information
752. Joeyswife2006 : We are looking for info on my husbands cousin who we are fianlly in contact with. Her name is Lorra Beth Stinnett now but that is her married last name. She was taken from her mother.my husbands aunt when she was very young. We know her biological mother’s name but aren’t sure about her father.
753. Joeyswife2006 : My father-in-law was adopted by his step father when he was about 10 years old. supposedly his parents sibling adopted him as for which sibling we aren’t really sure but think it might have been his father as his adopted mother has the same last name as he had before he got the current last name which was Harmon.
755. KathrynAnneGardner72 : Michael Albert Philip John Gardner (Whelchel)
3/3/93 mother Kathryn Anne Gardner birthplace Portland Maine
His half IRISH twin brothers
Brady Matthew Gardner (Neer) 1/13/2004 birthplace Wheeling WV
Andrew Joseph Gardner (Neer) 12/22/2004 birthplace Morgantown WV
756. ABfurnsculpt : I’m trying to find my mother’s sister. She was born in 1968 in Indianapolis‚ Indiana. I do not know state the adoption occurred. I do know that the birth mother turned 26 in 1968. The birth father was around 40. All this information has only been revealed by the birth mother in the past year. I have DNA on Adopted‚ Ancestry‚ 23andMe‚ MyHeritage‚ FamilytreeDNA‚ and GEDmatch. We’d really need that to match.
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Adoptee: Female DOB 1968 Indianapolis‚ Indiana
Birth mother maiden name: Hodnett
DNA matches may include Hodnett Russell Hale French
758. 101880male : Hello‚ I am searching for biological relatives out of curiosity. My birth certificate was altered to show my adoptive parents as my bio parents. It has me listed as being born in wheeling‚ WV. None of my genetic searches have shown any distant relatives being from that area‚ and the closest match I have gotten to date is in the 2nd cousin range. Those listing show more Oh‚ PA‚ and Kentucky origins. My altered birth certificate has my dob listed as the 18th of October‚ 1980. Any information is appreciated‚ thank you!
760. Tahoeaway : My half brother had a baby out of wedlock. I know very little about it except my parents (the adopted child’s grandfather and 2nd wife) desperately wanted to adopt the baby. The mothers family blocked it at every turn and I believe she was a high school student at the time. His sister and husband also offered to adopt the baby and were blocked. This is a loss we have felt in our family for a very long time and I would like to rectify it. This child (believed a girl) was wanted and would’ve been my sibling. I believe the child was born in 1973 or 1974 but I can’t be for certain.
761. Hopewv1 : I am searching for my sister. Birth name Megan Marie Hopkins. She is a very special individual. She was born with many many birth defects. She was from Bluefield WV originally‚ then taken to Colin Anderson institution. She was found by my parents when she was about 18 months old. They fell in love with her right away. I was told some stories as a child such as one of the grandmother’s would send Megan little gifts till she was 5. Also‚ how her parents might have wanted to keep her but some family members told them it was best to give her away. Our mother also said they saw some of her biological family in Hagerstown mall one time‚ but they didn’t come say hi.
Megan is now 40 yrs old and she has lived a wonderful life. Im willing to tell her bio family all about her if they would like.
763. Tricia48629 : I have met my Birthmother & it wasn’t a happy reunion. She now refuses to tell me the name of my Birthfather. I know his name isn’t on my “original” birth certificate but I have the full‚ but heavily redacted Social Worker’s Report. Birthfather is described in detail & named but name is redacted. I was briefly a Ward of State as well. Birthmother lied to Birthfather‚ telling him she was NOT pregnant. She gave birth to me at home‚ professing she didn’t know she was pregnant even though I was almost 8 lbs! My birth grandmother called the hospital for her…ugh. So ridiculous.
764. PLW1976 : My mother gave birth to a
son in Louisiana. She has never met him since that day. I don’t even know his birthday. I think it was a babtist adoption agency but not sure. She stayed in a babtist hospital for unwed mothers. She was 16. She stayed at sellers home for unwed. His name was Charles Adams and his birthday is Sept 25 1964
765. Tammycarpenter1 : Margaret pauline Harris-Hoover was listed on birth cert. No hospital records or foot prints on Bc. Weirton General hospital was supposed hospital
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Sarah
Buffalo, New York
I found my children after 30 years, not long after I joined! I'm glad to say it's been a happy ending to my search
Cheryl
San Diego, California
54 years it took us until we found each other. We did a DNA test to confirm! Perfect match. We spent two weeks together and have a blessed, wonderful relationship! We even look alike in so many ways. She is more than I was expecting! Thank you for your website, Adopted.com!
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Wadesboro, North Carolina
I was looking for the mother of my daughter in law, and found both her mother and also grandmother in only 3 days. They are planning a reunion soon. Thank you soooooo much!
Amy
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
Took me about 2 hrs to find a match. I contacted him and he is my brother! Thank you so much!
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MODESTO, California
Within 24 hours my siblings and I were on the phone with our long lost sister. Without Adopted.com it would have never happened. We are sincerely grateful as we are now all a part of each other's lives!
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Springfield, Missouri
I filled out my profile and had a match to my birth parents that same day! We connected on Facebook and talked for
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Lone Tree, Colorado
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Tampa Bay, Florida
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