Hi, I am an adoptee who was born in Allen County. I am in the process of searching for my birth family. I have petitioned the court to open the files and it was granted. So now it is just a matter of time until the confidential intermediary collects all of my data and pursues the contact with them. But here is the delema we are facing. Dr. Lydia Shapiro filled out all of the paper work for the birth certificates and represented the birth mothers in the adoptions. So the validity of the information is very questionable. It is probably all false to protect the identity of the birth mother and fathers. I am trying to find out anything that I can about this doctor. She was last listed in the city directory in 1970 and she died in California on 11-26-83. If anyone knows of any birth mothers who came in contact with her, I would appreciate it if you would forward my message on to them. Maybe they could shed some light on what was happening at this clinic, which was her home. My adopted parents stated that they were literally push out the back door and into a dark alley when they went to her clinic to pick me up. They both felt that something was not quite right. I was kept in a home somewhere in Fort Wayne until my adopted parents picked me up. So there were more people involved in her baby business than just her. Here is what information I have obtained mainly from my final adoption decree. Female Adoptee DOB: 01/16/53 Place of Birth: Fort Wayne, Indiana Delivering Doctor: Dr Lydia Shapiro, 1526 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne, In. Date of Adoption: 06/54 in Huntington County Cause #486 in Huntington Juvenile Court Birth Mother: Agnes Jeffers born in Missouri, was 28 years old at the time of my birth Birth Father: Stanley Smith, USA, was 36 years old at the time of my birth This is about all that I have, sure wish it sounded familiar to someone, somewhere........ Cris