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10-13-2004, 06:34 AM
http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=2422227
Tucson Woman's Life long Search For Family is Finally Over
By Dan Marries
Imagine not knowing where you came from. Who your real parents are. And
whether or not you have any brothers or sisters. For adoptees, searching for
clues to their past may take years even decades. A couple of years ago I
brought you the story of Adoption Database. A viewer, searching for her birth
mother, was watching that night. She went to the web page and registered her
information. Now after 58 years, she's being reunited with a family she never
even knew existed, "I never thought this was going to happen. It's exciting
it's scary," says Patricia Jensen of Tucson.
Born in Canada, she was given up for adoption when she was just three
months old. At the age of 13 she found out she was adopted and that's when the
search for her real family began; 45 years ago, "you always feel there's a part
of you missing," she says. But not anymore. With the help of Adoption
Database she was recently reunited with her biological sister living in Canada.
Sadly she found out her mother died in January but she also found out she had
a bigger family that she had ever imagined, "I never had any sisters that I
knew of so I found out I have two younger sisters and two brothers."
For JoAnne Stanik, the founder and owner of the Adoption Database, seeing
another reunion is what her job is all about. But this hard working, modest
woman is even quick to point out her latest reunion is due, in part, to my
story from two years ago, "first of all Dan, I want to thank you and KOLD for
airing the show on the Adoption Database two years ago. We got hundreds of
people signing up after watching that program." Since founding the resource
web page JoAnne has reunited nearly 1,000 families all over the world, "each
one is so special. I feel like I'm an aunt or extended family member so
everyday I get e-mails from different families giving me an update on what's
happening. We have a 95 percent success rate."
If you're an adoptee searching for your biological family or if your a
parent who was forced to give up a child you might consider filling out the
information forms at www.adoptiondatabase.org. It might just lead to a family
reunion.
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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail . . . but, a true friend will
be sitting next to you saying, "Damn . . . that was fun!"
-----Unknown
Tucson Woman's Life long Search For Family is Finally Over
By Dan Marries
Imagine not knowing where you came from. Who your real parents are. And
whether or not you have any brothers or sisters. For adoptees, searching for
clues to their past may take years even decades. A couple of years ago I
brought you the story of Adoption Database. A viewer, searching for her birth
mother, was watching that night. She went to the web page and registered her
information. Now after 58 years, she's being reunited with a family she never
even knew existed, "I never thought this was going to happen. It's exciting
it's scary," says Patricia Jensen of Tucson.
Born in Canada, she was given up for adoption when she was just three
months old. At the age of 13 she found out she was adopted and that's when the
search for her real family began; 45 years ago, "you always feel there's a part
of you missing," she says. But not anymore. With the help of Adoption
Database she was recently reunited with her biological sister living in Canada.
Sadly she found out her mother died in January but she also found out she had
a bigger family that she had ever imagined, "I never had any sisters that I
knew of so I found out I have two younger sisters and two brothers."
For JoAnne Stanik, the founder and owner of the Adoption Database, seeing
another reunion is what her job is all about. But this hard working, modest
woman is even quick to point out her latest reunion is due, in part, to my
story from two years ago, "first of all Dan, I want to thank you and KOLD for
airing the show on the Adoption Database two years ago. We got hundreds of
people signing up after watching that program." Since founding the resource
web page JoAnne has reunited nearly 1,000 families all over the world, "each
one is so special. I feel like I'm an aunt or extended family member so
everyday I get e-mails from different families giving me an update on what's
happening. We have a 95 percent success rate."
If you're an adoptee searching for your biological family or if your a
parent who was forced to give up a child you might consider filling out the
information forms at www.adoptiondatabase.org. It might just lead to a family
reunion.
-------------------------
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail . . . but, a true friend will
be sitting next to you saying, "Damn . . . that was fun!"
-----Unknown
