My Story ? - Please note that Names, Dates and Places may have been changed and told to me as Fact/Truth to protect the Parties Involved - Please read up-date at bottom of page

I WAS BORN THEN ADOPTED. WAS I NAMED BEFORE BEING ADOPTED? I DO NOT KNOW. DID MY BIRTH MOTHER SEE ME BEFORE BEING ADOPTED? I DO NOT KNOW.
I WAS ADOPTED BY A COUPLE IN NEW YORK CITY SOMETIME BETWEEN 1960 AND  1961. THE EXACT LOCATION AND DATE OF BIRTH CANNOT BE CONFIRMED DUE TO AN ALTERED RECORDS. I KNEW FRON AN EARLY AGE THAT I WAS ADOPTED. I WAS SELECTED TO BE WITH MY PARENTS, AS THEY STATED MANY TIMES.

I WAS TOLD SEVERAL STORIES WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INFORMATION WITH EACH. IT STARTED OUT WITH MY ADOPTED PARENTS STATING THAT THEY KNEW NOTHING. WELL I GOT OLDER AND WISER, BUT THE TABOO SUBJECT OF MY ADOPTION WAS NEVER DISCUSSED. I GOT BUSY AND WITH SCHOOL, GOING OUT AND LIFE. I MARRIED AND WAS WORKING FULL TIME. I STARTED WONDERING ABOUT MY PAST IN MY EARLY THIRTIES. I CONTACTED CITY AND STATE AGENCIES FOR MY ADOPTION INFORMATION. THERE WAS AND IS NO DOCUMENTION OF MY ADOPTION. THERE IS NO AMENDED BIRTH CERTIFICATE.

MY ONLY BIRTH CERTIFICATE WHICH IS ON FILE INDICATES MY ADOPTED PARENTS AS MY BIOLOGICAL PARENTS. SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS SEEM TO BE ALTERED ON THE CERTITICATE AND TWO DIFFERENT TYPEWRITERS WERE USED. GHOSTS OF LETTERS REMAIN UNDER RE-TYPED  LETTERS. 

I REALIZED THAT MY ADOPTION WAS DIFFERENT. A SO CALLED PRIVATE ADOPTION. MAYBE A GREY OR BLACK MARKET ADOPTION.

SOME YEARS LATER I DEVELOPED HIVES CAUSED BY NERVES. MY PARENTS FILLED WITH FEAR RELEASED LIMITED INFORMATION ON MY BIRTH MOTHER.  

MY ADOPTED PARENTS ALSO CLAIMED THAT SHE WALKED INTO A REAL ESTATE OFFICE IN QUEENS AND STATED THAT SHE HAS A BABY TO GIVE UP. A LAWYER NAMED MARGOLIES WAS GOING TO HELP. A COUSIN OF MY PARENTS OVERHEARD THIS AND TOLD MY PARENTS. THUS THE CONNECTION. IS THIS THE TRUTH? PART OF THE TRUTH?

JAMAICA QUEENS NEAR THE COURTS DID HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF IRISH IN THE 1960'S. WOMAN /GIRLS WERE KNOWN TO STAY AT A LOCAL HOTEL IN BROOKLYN WHEN PREGNANT. SMALL SINGLE HOTEL ROOMS WERE LOCATED IN THE REAR, THIS IS WHERE THEY STAYED UNTIL THEY HAD THEIR BABY, HIDDEN FROM THE WORLD AND THEIR FAMILY.

I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS BORN WITH A LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND BROUGHT HOME JUST TWO DAYS AFTER MY BIRTH. HOSPITAL OF RECORD IS NOW CLOSED AND THE RECORDS WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF THEY STILL EXSIST ACCORDING TO INFORMATIOIN RECEIVED. IN THE 1960'S NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODES REQUIRED A BABY TO BE 6 POUNDS OR MORE BEFORE BEING RELEASED. THIS FACT ALONE QUESTIONS MY DATE OF BIRTH OF 6/6/60 AND IF I WAS REALLY BORN IN A HOSPITAL AT ALL.

AN ODD FACT IS THAT A DOCTOR HYMAN F. WAS FAMILY FRIEND OF MY ADOPTED MOTHERS PARENTS IS LISTED AS THE DOCTOR ON MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE. 

AM I A BABY BORN OUT OF NEW YORK, MAYBE A FLORIDA COLE BABY? BROUGHT TO BROOKLYN?
 
WAS I EVEN BORN IN NEW YORK?

UP-DATE - 4/22/08

I WAS RECENTLY TOLD BY A FAMILY FRIEND THAT THEY HEARD I WAS BORN IN OHIO ON OR ABOUT 3/29/60. 

B-MOM'S FIRST NAME WAS PATRICIA.  SHE WAS ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME .

PREGNANCY WAS A RESULT OF SOME TYPE OF INTERACTION WITH AN OLDER RELATIVE WHO MARRIED INTO THE FAMILY (AN UNCLE).  .

BIRTH FAMILY IS A MIX OF GERMAN, IRISH AND SCOTTISH, POSSIBLY SOME ITALIAN.

POSSIBLE BROTHER NAMED KEVIN.

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE TRUTH IS A MIX OF THE TWO?  EITHER WAY I HAVE POSTED BOTH STORIES.

SOMEONE OUT THERE KNOWS SOMETHING!!! I DO BELIEVE THAT I AM ALL OR PART IRISH. I AM SEARCHING WITH HELP FROM FRIENDS AND MY HUSBAND ANDREW. WE CURRENTLY LIVE IN THE NEW JERSEY / NEW YORK METRO AREA.

DEAR SAINT BRIDGET - PLEASE GUIDE US THROUGH OUR JOURNEY TO A HAPPY ENDING. 

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