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Alice found her Birth Family | Posted: 5/7/2010 |
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Attached is a picture of my sister Ruby (on the left), my aunt Pam (center) and me. I met them for the very first time on April 24th, 2010.&n...
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Found My Brother Instead | Posted: 4/24/2010 |
| My name is Dennis. I am 44 years old now and I have never heard from my biological father or his family. I want to know why. The only thing I have eve...
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A Whole New Person | Posted: 4/21/2010 |
| My name is Celia and I just have to let you all know that today I am feeling like a whole new person! I am tickled pink because after 28 years I have ...
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"Extended Family" Redefined | Posted: 4/17/2010 |
| My name is Michelle, and my husband John and I have been through a roller-coaster ride over the last few months. For years John has felt a nagging nee...
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Melva and Darlene's Reunion by Bill Woodward | Posted: 4/14/2010 |
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Forty Seven years ago when my wife Melva and I married, she had 3 young boys the oldest was just five. Melva also told me a story about how s...
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For Better or Worse | Posted: 4/10/2010 |
| My daughter Amanda is 28 years old. I am searching for her half-brother, Michael Barnes. Amanda was adopted by my husband when she was less than a yea...
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Healing 30 Years of Separation | Posted: 4/7/2010 |
Mother's Last Request | Posted: 4/3/2010 |
| My name is Kayleen and I promised my mom before she died that I would try to find my cousin. My mom looked for years, but she has been gone now ...
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Putting the Pieces Together for Troy | Posted: 3/31/2010 |
| 9/1/09--Well I am not sure how to begin. My name is Troy. I have been looking for my dad since I first became aware of him at the age of 14. I don'...
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Courage to Ask Questions | Posted: 3/13/2010 |
| My name is Karen and my son Edward is my pride and joy. He is turning 50 this year and for the first time, has expressed an interest in finding his fa...
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More Questions Than Ever | Posted: 3/10/2010 |
| The last 30 days have changed my life. My name is Todd, I live in Washington state, and until recently I had no idea who my birth father was. I'm ...
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The Courage to Keep Hoping | Posted: 3/6/2010 |
| My birth mother was a nun-age, mid 30s woman living in Dallas and working in hospital administration when I was born. She had gone to school in the...
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A Grandmother's Love | Posted: 3/3/2010 |
| My mother is 83 years old, and is one of the kindest people I have ever met. She has raised 10 children and now has 27 grandchildren and 9 great grand...
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You Solved My Mystery | Posted: 2/27/2010 |
My Real Name is Lourdes | Posted: 2/24/2010 |
| All my life I have gone by Lori, but my real name is Lourdes. I started my search this past November after a lot of soul-searching and frustration. I ...
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A True Reunion for Clara | Posted: 2/20/2010 |
| My name is Clara and my reunion story is years in the making. It has been a hard, tearful journey but I am relieved to say that my case has finally...
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A New Chapter Begins for Jason | Posted: 2/17/2010 |
Halmark Valentine's Day | Posted: 2/13/2010 |
| My father has never been in my life. As I have gotten older, I have gotten curious about who he is, what he is like, and where he is. I wonder what...
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What Binds Us Together | Posted: 2/10/2010 |
| My name is Marilyn and I just have to write in today to tell you all what a wonderful experience I have had working with your company. I am so happ...
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In Search of Peace | Posted: 2/6/2010 |
| I would like to know why my mother gave me to a foster family and never came back for me or let them adopt me. I would like to know who my father i...
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Waking Up With a Smile | Posted: 2/3/2010 |
Nicholle's Story | Posted: 1/30/2010 |
| I would like to thank Linda for her first phone call after I made the initial email to your company. I wrote in on a whim and submitted all the inf...
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The Gift of Knowing | Posted: 1/27/2010 |
| I am writing this letter today as a gesture of thanks for the hard work of Susan and Julie, members of the ..read |
New Pep in His Step | Posted: 1/23/2010 |
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My name is Ranae and I can't say enough about the amazing staff at SQA!! Seriously, they are miracle workers and my only regret ...
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Non-Identity | Posted: 1/20/2010 |
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When you are adopted, they say you are entitled to receive your non-identifying information. They might as well call it what it is--...
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A Simple, Happy Note | Posted: 1/16/2010 |
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Hot off the presses!!! I'm coming out of the adoption closet! In April of this year I began my search for my birth mother and fa...
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Not Every Story Has a Happy Ending | Posted: 1/13/2010 |
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Not every story is meant to have a happy ending. Mine doesn't. The reason I have decided to share is simply because everyone in ...
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You Closed the Whole in Our Hearts | Posted: 1/9/2010 |
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I want to let the world know that my son Jeff and I just spent the most amazing 2 days of our lives together this past weeken! ...
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Sarrah's Reunion Story | Posted: 1/6/2010 |
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My name is Sarrah Edwards and I live in Virginia. I am merely 19, almost 20, years old, but I knew I wanted to meet my birthmother; connect with he...
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You Lead, I'll Follow | Posted: 1/2/2010 |
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I started this search to help my cousin Suzanne Holcomb find her birth parents/family. She had no idea that I initiated the search f...
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Divine Comedy | Posted: 12/30/2009 |
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Hello all!!! December 7, 2009 is now "New Mother's Day" for me. I just wanted to give you an update on what's transpired sin...
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Peace Instead of Nightmares | Posted: 12/26/2009 |
| My sister and I were taken away from my mom back in 1992. We lived in foster care for a few years. Finally, in 1997 we got adopted by my foster Par...
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Thank Heaven for Second Chances | Posted: 12/23/2009 |
| I am an adoptee and also a birth mother. I have known I was adopted all of my life, and when I had an unplanned pregnancy as a young adult, it felt...
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Christmas Wishes | Posted: 12/19/2009 |
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When my daughter was a little girl, Christmas was always her favorite holiday. It tried to make it special by baking Christmas cooki...
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I Look Like a Man I Have Never Met | Posted: 12/16/2009 |
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All my life I have wondered about my bioligical father. I know that I was born in Volusia, Florida and in talking with my mother lat...
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Race Against Time | Posted: 12/12/2009 |
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My husband is Louis Fry Jr. He is really sick. He has a mass in his brain. It has been going on for four years and the doctors canno...
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I Made the Right Choice | Posted: 12/9/2009 |
| I have raised 4 strong, intelligent sons. From time to time as I catch a grin for some goal reached or see them scowl when I ask them to do their c...
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He Accepted Me For Who I Am | Posted: 12/5/2009 |
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I am writing to you to ask for your help to find my biological father that I only knew existed when I was 26. I grew up thinking tha...
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My Painter is My Half-Brother | Posted: 12/2/2009 |
| I was adopted at birth so I never knew my biological family. My adopted mother was always open with me as far as being adopted since I was about 7 ...
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She Had the Answer All Along | Posted: 11/28/2009 |
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My name is Linda and I am writing today for all the individuals out there whose searches are long and difficult, like ours. They don...
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Filling the Family Tree | Posted: 11/25/2009 |
Before It's Too Late | Posted: 11/21/2009 |
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My mother passed away on December 20, 2007. She was very elderly and her passing was expected, even welcomed. One thing I never expe...
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Always Moving Forward | Posted: 11/18/2009 |
| My name is Hilary. I have a brother Cornelious who is a single father of 3 boys, Cornelious who is 8 and twins Alex and Axel who are 7. Their mothe...
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No Empty Chairs | Posted: 11/14/2009 |
| I am 75 years old and in search of my youngest son, John. My wife and I have decided that it is time to put our papers and will in order before som...
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The Courage to Take the Next Step | Posted: 11/11/2009 |
| My parents divorced when I was in 8th grade and at that time my mom revealed that my dad wasn't my blood father. I felt a blow to my iden...
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My Life Was a Lie | Posted: 11/7/2009 |
| After thirty-eight years, I learned that the person I believed to be my father was not. That was in 2003. My mother was not very cooperative in pro...
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Our Family is Now Whole | Posted: 11/4/2009 |
| My name is Kathryn, and one of the deepest regrets of my life is losing my grandson Mark when he was only 2 years old. He was my pride and joy unti...
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Forgiveness and Second Chances | Posted: 10/31/2009 |
| My mother used to say that a family is the most important thing in life, and the most delicate. She used to use all kinds of analogies, comparing t...
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Don't Wait Another Moment! | Posted: 10/28/2009 |
| My mother and father were in the Army when they met about 48 years ago. My mother got pregnant with me and moved back to North Carolina. ...
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You Changed My Life! | Posted: 10/24/2009 |
| "I have always wondered who my biological parents are. My name is Casey and this is a huge piece of my life that has yet to be answered. It's h...
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I Kept My Promise | Posted: 10/21/2009 |
| In 1991 I found myself in a position I never expected to be in--caught between staying with the man I loved and protecting my unborn child. I loved...
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I Want to Know My Mother | Posted: 10/17/2009 |
| I have never known anything about my mother, except what I was told by other people. I want to see who she really is, what she looks like, and...
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Hearts Open Wide | Posted: 10/14/2009 |
| "We want to find our daughter's birth parents for her. Ever since she had a baby of her own, Amanda has ached to find her birth parents. She is...
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No Guarantees, Just Second Chances | Posted: 10/10/2009 |
| My son Joseph was 5 years old the last time I saw him. His mother and I had a falling out and she took him away from me. I never saw him again! As ...
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"My Baby Saved My Life, and I Saved Hers" | Posted: 10/7/2009 |
| My baby saved my life, and I saved hers. I was only 17 when I got pregnant. I lived in Evanston, Illinois and after my relationship with the her fa...
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Burying the Hatchet | Posted: 10/3/2009 |
| "We are trying to help my terminally ill uncle find his estranged daughter. He is bedridden and not expected to live much longer. Years ago he lost...
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31 Years in a Black Hole | Posted: 9/30/2009 |
| "I am the Aunt of the a child I have never met. My sister has requested my help in assisting to find her the son she gave up when she was only 15 y...
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Siblings Reunited--A Lifelong Dream | Posted: 9/26/2009 |
| "I am looking for Diana Mary Ortiz, who is my birth sister. I have not seen her for 24 years. In 1986, she was taken away from our family and given...
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Words Are Not Enough | Posted: 9/23/2009 |
| My son's birthday is April 15th and I have celebrated and mourned that day for the last 48 years. I held my child in my arms only on...
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"Mis hijas! Mis hijas!" | Posted: 9/19/2009 |
| My father's name is Louis Raul Cabrea Castro. He is about 49 years old today and I was only 2 years old the last time I saw him. My sister and ...
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Witness Protection Program vs. Julie Jones | Posted: 9/16/2009 |
| "I am searching for my biological father, whom I have never met. His name is Alvin and he moved away when I was born. I recently found a sibli...
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Stories From Another Era | Posted: 9/12/2009 |
| At birth I was given up for adoption. At 13 months old I was placed with my adoptive family. A very good life was given to me with lots of love and...
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I Always Wanted a Sister | Posted: 9/9/2009 |
| My father's past life was kept a secret from me and my siblings until we were "old enough" to understand. Dad was married and had a family befo...
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I Want to Know Why | Posted: 9/5/2009 |
| "I have never known my father. He and my mother divorced when I was 6 months old. My mother has indicated that he was abusive. I spoke with his mot...
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Hope and Forgiveness | Posted: 9/2/2009 |
| My mother and father divorced when I was one and I have no memory of him at all. I know that there are two sides to every story and I don't wan...
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New Beginnings | Posted: 8/30/2009 |
| "The last time I saw my father I was three years old. From the stories I heard he wanted to be involved in my life and was not given the chance.&nb...
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An Awful Lot of Love | Posted: 8/26/2009 |
| I really do not want to make these people uncomfortable. Due to the circumstances of my birth, they may not even know that I exist. We ...
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"The Best Birthday Present Ever" | Posted: 8/22/2009 |
| My husband did not know he was adopted at birth by the man he knows as his dad until he was 18. My husband turned 40 on August 6th. I am ...
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DNA Confirms it--We're Sisters | Posted: 8/19/2009 |
| Who do I look like? What is my family history? Who is my father and do I have siblings? I have always wanted to know who I am. I have looked for th...
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"Hope--That's The Perfect Name for You" | Posted: 8/15/2009 |
| I don't know how any woman could put a child up for adoption. But I recognize that until you've been there, you can't judge. I am looki...
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Mollys Mystery Solved | Posted: 8/12/2009 |
| Like many adoptees, Molly had a good upbringing, but always wondered about her biological family. She wondered what the circumstances were behind h...
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A Little Piece of Happiness | Posted: 8/8/2009 |
| The vast majority of individuals in search for lost loved ones are adoptees and birth parents. Yet occasionally we hear from the other member of th...
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Time Keeps Marching On | Posted: 8/5/2009 |
| "I found out when I was 16 that my Dad had been married and divorced before he married my mother, and that I had a half-brother 8 years older than ...
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Dreams Are For Real | Posted: 8/1/2009 |
| I had an affair with Leah Howard when I was on medical hold in the Marine Corps stationed at Alameda Naval station 27 years ago. My daughter was bo...
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50 Years of Wondering | Posted: 7/29/2009 |
| I have never seen or met my birth mother. This information has been withheld from me since birth and is a constant void in my life. I grew up...
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What Made Me Search? | Posted: 7/25/2009 |
| What made me decide to search for my birth family? I could write a dissertation on this subject as I have done for the last 20 years in my mind.&nb...
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Cindy's Story | Posted: 7/22/2009 |
| I was put up for adoption when I was 4 days old. My adoptive family was very religious, and I was raised with a brother who was also adopted. My pa...
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Still Waiting | Posted: 7/18/2009 |
| "I'm looking for my daughter's father. He left for Germany on Jan. 19, 1979. I was pregnant with his daughter but neither of us knew it at ...
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The Greatest Gift | Posted: 7/15/2009 |
| "I sent my son a birthday card for the first time this week. In the card I wrote, 'I have cried every year on this day for 45 years. This year ...
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For Me It Brings Closure | Posted: 7/11/2009 |
| One day when I was six years old, I ran to my neighbor's house crying about my mother. I didn't feel like she loved me as much as my older ...
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"It Has Been a Long, Lonely Road Without You" | Posted: 7/8/2009 |
| I am 46 years old, but all my life I have felt like a little girl lost in a wheat field, with the stalks so high you can't find your way out of...
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Text Message Reunites Siblings | Posted: 7/4/2009 |
| "I had no idea I was adopted until my mom and dad passed away in an accident twelve years ago. I was shocked to say the least, and in the midst of ...
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They're not strangers....they're friends. | Posted: 7/1/2009 |
| I always wondered what my birth parents looked like. I was adopted when I was four months old and grew up as only child. I always knew my par...
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"Everyone's here...no, not everyone" | Posted: 6/27/2009 |
| I have been searching for my birth mother for a number of years now. Until recently, I kept hitting brick walls. My siblings and I were dropp...
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"Part of My Past, Part of My Future" | Posted: 6/24/2009 |
| My birth parents Maria and Jewell lived together in Germany in the early fifties while he was in the service. When the time came for him to return ...
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"I'm Just So Grateful That I Found Her" | Posted: 6/20/2009 |
| "Both of my adopted parents have been deceased for some time, my mother for 38 years and my father for 11 years now. I have no brothers and s...
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"Loving you..." | Posted: 6/17/2009 |
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My story begins with tragedy. Seven years ago I married the love of my life, Wayne. He dreamed of finding his birth father Ted, who left his mother...
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Secrets, Lies, and Love | Posted: 6/13/2009 |
| I was raised in a biracial family. My adoptive mother was Portuguese, and my adoptive father was white. My mom was 42 when she adopted me, and all ...
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"I Love You Dad, and I Forgive You" | Posted: 6/10/2009 |
| When my fiance and I met 6 years ago, our first deep conversation was about our parents. Jay opened up to me and told me something he never told an...
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Walmart Reunion | Posted: 6/6/2009 |
| The first shock I received when I spoke with my brother Richard for the first time was his voice--it is almost identical to my own. I am 57 ye...
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"All I Want For Christmas Is My Mom" | Posted: 6/3/2009 |
| "All I want for Christmas is to find my mom," I told my husband last December. My whole life I have wondered why she gave me up for adoption and if...
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Take It Day By Day | Posted: 5/30/2009 |
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"Now that I have a family of my own, I am more curious than ever before about my birth family. It is important to me to know if ther...
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"I Think I'm Your Birth Mother" | Posted: 5/27/2009 |
| Charles was my first love. We dated during college but he had another girlfriend out of state. When he found out I was pregnant he didn't want ...
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A Shot in the Dark | Posted: 5/23/2009 |
"Better to Know Than to Always Wonder" | Posted: 5/20/2009 |
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I first decided to look for my brother in the most unlikely place--while serving jury duty in a California courtroom. I served as an...
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Rhett's Surprise Phone Call | Posted: 5/16/2009 |
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"My name is Sandra and I am writing to you for my sister. Here is her story:
"My sister and I were abused as children. When ...
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It's Never Too Late to Find Answers | Posted: 5/13/2009 |
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It never bothered me to know that I was adopted. My parents explained at an early age that they loved me so much they chose me. I di...
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SQA Finds the Missing Pieces for Bill | Posted: 5/9/2009 |
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I was adopted at birth, and my wife Lisa and I have searched for my birth family for the last ten years. We want to know my medical ...
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Tamekia's Birthday Wish Comes True | Posted: 5/6/2009 |
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On May 16th of this year, I will be turning 29. All I wanted for my birthday was to meet the woman who gave birth to me.
I was five t...
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Long Lost Mother | Posted: 5/3/2009 |
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My mother called me this morning for the first time. "Hey baby, I'm your long lost mother!" she said. I really didn't know w...
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Liz Seeks New Beginning | Posted: 4/29/2009 |
| I grew up as a normal happy child until I found out I was adopted at age 11. It was like my world turned upside down overnight. My adopted parents ...
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Flowers and Forgiveness | Posted: 4/25/2009 |
And Now There Are Six | Posted: 4/22/2009 |
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In the summer of 1973, Angela met a man named Rodney in Florida. After a brief romance, she conceived a son, whom she has loved and ...
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Answers for Allison | Posted: 4/18/2009 |
| Like most birth mothers, Kathleen gave her daughter up for adoption out of love.
"I was 16 years old when I got pregnant. I lived in an abu...
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Special Delivery Leads to Reunion 47 Years Later | Posted: 4/15/2009 |
| "I got out of the Navy December 14th, 1962 and just one week later I turned 21. My wife Nancy was pregnant with Charles Jr., our first child ...
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Steven's Wish Granted | Posted: 4/11/2009 |
| "I got divorced in 1979 and my ex-wife absconded with our son to another state during the divorce. It has been 30 years since I last saw him. A few...
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Reunited: From Hawaii to Minnesota | Posted: 4/8/2009 |
| "My brother and I were separated when we were about one or two years old. I went to live with my father's sister Catherine and my brother went ...
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I Have Waited a Lifetime | Posted: 4/4/2009 |
| "My whole life I have lived with the image of my dad through an old photograph.
"I'm forty now and an adult, but throughout the years I...
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Prepare for the Worst, Hope for the Best | Posted: 4/1/2009 |
| "Prepare for the worst and hope for the best." That's Debbie's philosophy for life in general, and she approached her search for her birth ...
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Answers Heal Debra's Heart | Posted: 3/28/2009 |
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"Over 30 years ago my brother and I were given up for adoption because my mother was unfit to take care of us. I already found my brother John, but...
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It's a Girl!! | Posted: 3/25/2009 |
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As a young adult, Melody was determined to find her birth mother. Melody was adopted as an infant, and her birth mother worked with her adoptive pa...
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Lanette's Dream Comes True | Posted: 3/21/2009 |
| "Please help me, I am running out of options." That's all Lanette wrote in her first email to ..read |
One Day at a Time | Posted: 3/18/2009 |
| Margaret's son Paul is 48 years old now, but she still remembers the day he was born and how hard it was to give him up for adoption. She was 2...
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Molly's Mystery Solved | Posted: 3/14/2009 |
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Like many adoptees, Molly had a good upbringing, but always wondered about her biological family. She wondered what the circumstances were behind h...
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I Must Be Dreaming | Posted: 3/11/2009 |
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In 1971, Bill and Norma met and fell in love. They had a beautiful baby girl named Kathie and planned to get married after Bill finished Navy boot ...
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In Her Own Words: Alora's Story | Posted: 3/7/2009 |
Connie's Lifetime Search Solved in 2 Hours | Posted: 3/4/2009 |
| Connie never knew she had half-siblings. Her father passed away when she was very young, and one day she received a letter from the social security...
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Siblings Reunited Within 7 Days | Posted: 2/28/2009 |
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George wasn't really sure it was possible to find his birth father. He had never met him and had very little information. In fact, all he ...
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Dawn Finds the Missing Pieces | Posted: 2/25/2009 |
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When Dawn's adoptive father passed away unexpectedly at the age of 58, she started to think about the fragility of life. She began to wonder ab...
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Kerri Becomes Part of the Family | Posted: 2/21/2009 |
| When Kerri decided to search for her birth family, she had no idea she would talk with them just 3 days later. Like many adoptees she h...
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The rest of the story: Flemming and Britta | Posted: 2/12/2009 |
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As people grow older, we recognize that sometimes seemingly random events happen for a reason, and even if we don't understand why we're be...
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Your Daughter Needs You | Posted: 2/5/2009 |
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I've been an investigator for several years, but one of the 'first' cases I ever accepted remains to this day, as one of the most eerie...
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Brook's Story: Thanksgiving Miracle | Posted: 1/29/2009 |
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The following story is written in Brook's own words:
I always knew I was adopted. My parents told me from the beginning. They made me f...
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Recipe Leads to Reunion | Posted: 1/22/2009 |
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A shopping trip to an Allendale, PA Walmart Super Center changed Nancy's life and answered life long questions for the Shermans Dale, PA woman....
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Robert Reunited With Sister Living 20 Minutes Away | Posted: 1/16/2009 |
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The following story was written in Bob's own words:
I'm not sure where to start. For years I have made unsuccessful attempts to loc...
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