Hi Sharon, My husband was born in California. We met his birth mother once and she called a few times, but hubby Art never waned to talk to her. She did always call when he was at work, though. The last time, we were not home, but my sister was babysitting. She never phoned after that. There were questions I wish I would have asked, but through her paper trail, I was able to find a lot of the genealogy. The info his birth mother gave us about the father, may or may not be true. After looking through some of the websites that were given me, I found that we can get the adoption records from our state capitol in Sacramento. My only concern is it may say father is unknown. Birth mother was married at this time; her husband was overseas and she had to other children. I found his half-brother was deceased. I contacted half-brother, Ernest's wife. She has since died, but I keep In contact with their daughter, Jeannette. Hugs, Bev -----Original Message----- From: SHARON GALLUP Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 7:32 PM To: roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Ancestry DNA can your husband contact the Oklahoma social service that had handled the adoption and get a copy of his adoption papers. at least one parent , more then likely the mother's name will be on it. or their vital statistic office . then you can check the census for her family in Oklahoma state my family was from the Connecticut state and i got alot of information through their vital statistic. Sharon Gallup From: "Beverly" <bevart@frontiernet.net> To: roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 11:51:06 AM Subject: [ROOTS-L] Ancestry DNA My husband, Art, who was born in 1938 was adopted. He didn't learn about it until his birth mother called when he was 25. We had one visit with her and she said his father was a little blonde guy from Oklahoma; she didn't remember his name. He was in the Navy. At this time we were adopting ourselves and didn't pursue a relationship with her. Last year Art took an Ancestry DNA test. Then recently we received a message that there was up to a 70% chance that he descended from a couple that were born in Kentucky in 1844 and died in Texas. These people must be from his paternal side because his maternal side are from Portugal and didn't go back that far in the USA. I'm not sure what to do with this information. Since I have a lot of time, I started a tree for them and working forward. I knew it was like looking for a needle in a haystack, but like the saying goes, no stones unturned. Any comments, suggestions, etc., would be greatly appreciated. ~Blessings, Bev ===== If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ===== If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message