Shoddy-Blacksmith336 t1_j0p0r6j wrote on December 18, 2022 at 9:39 AM

Thank You again. I appreciate you taking the time to offer all the suggestions you did. I will Certainly ask my Daughter.....as a matter of fact, I'll save your reply and show it to Her.

It just occurred to me, my Grandchildren might someday appreciate knowing Their Ancestry via my side of Their Family.

When giving it a thought, it does sound quite exciting 💗. I think it's difficult for those who know their biological family to completely understand those who do not. I have never expected them to 😏.

Shoddy-Blacksmith336 t1_iyzdp9d wrote on December 5, 2022 at 8:53 AM

Reply to comment by CoolRanchBaby in 90-year-old man, left on Pittsburgh doorstep as newborn, meets the family he never knew by internal_ground

Thank you so much for replying to me 😊. I have not as yet done DNA but my Daughter did send for an "Ancestry" Kit.

I do hope Someone besides myself is still surviving 🥴. Though God did Grant me 3 Children for which I am Considerably Grateful 🌟.

Also, I don't Subscribe to 'Facebook'. I'm afraid at my age I'm not very astute at Technology. It's just You Tube for me. Everything I know about Tech, I learned there.

Thanks again, JaneLee 🕊️

Shoddy-Blacksmith336 t1_iyz5i2w wrote on December 5, 2022 at 6:57 AM

Reply to 90-year-old man, left on Pittsburgh doorstep as newborn, meets the family he never knew by internal_ground

Oh Boy, does this hit a nerve for me. I was abandoned on the doorsteps of a Church in Hoboken NJ. in December 1946 - (obviously I'll be 76 fairly soon), almost 9 months to the day after that iconic picture of the Sailor returning home from WW2, kissing a Girl in NYC. It was on the cover of "Life Magazine" at that time.

I caught Pneumonia and had it for about my first year. The State named me Joan Potter. My theory for that is, they thought I was going to expire and they'd bury me in "Potter's Field" !

I not only survived, I was lucky enough to be adopted by The Most Fantastic Parents Anyone could dream of at almost two years old.

Anyway, I have never know either of my Biological Parents. I have always assumed the Girl, more than likely didn't know the Boy , as in a one night stand situation.

I Finally created my very first Biological relative when I was 29. (a baby Girl). To have a blood relative was very Special for me ! (I eventually had three - two Boys)

I have accepted that whoever my Biological Mother and Father were, they are probably long gone by now. However It's my guess that I may have Siblings, (on both sides), so This Gentleman's Story affords me a modicum of hope.

I appreciate and Thank those that shared it 🙂. Very Happy for you.

JaneLee - now in Suburban Philadelphia

12/5/22