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Originally Posted By STANLEY SMART

I WAS BORN ON DEC. 18, 1950 IN REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN. I WAS ADOPTED ON MAY 6, 1954 ,I WAS 3 1/2 YRS OLD. MY BIRTH MOTHER CAME FROM A FAMILY OF 13 CHILDREN. I HAVE 6 BROTHERS AND SISTERS ON MY MOTHERS SIDE AND THREE ON MY FATHERS. THE YOUNGEST SIBLINGS ON MY MOTHERS SIDE WERE A SET OF TWINS BORN IN 1946. SHORTLY AFTER THE BIRTH OF THE TWINS MY MOTHERS HUSBAND COMMITED SUICIDE. SHE WAS LEFT WITH 6 CHILDREN TO RAISE ALONE. SHE HAD A MENTAL BREAKDOWN AND WAS IN HOSPITAL FOR QUITE SOME TIME, THEREFORE HER CHILDREN WERE PUT IN FOSTER CARE AND I BELIEVE THEY LIVED IN FOSTER CARE UNTIL THE AGE OF MAJORITY. WHEN MY MOTHER WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL SHE MET MY FATHER (WHO WAS MARRIED AND HAD 3 CHILDREN). MY MOTHER BELIEVED HIM TO BE SEPARATED FROM HIS FAMILY HOWEVER THIS WAS NOT SO. SHE BECAME PREGNANT AND WENT INTO A UNWED MOTHERS HOME IN OR AROUND REGINA, SK. WHEN I WAS JUST A FEW WEEKS OLD MY MOTHER PUT ME UP FOR ADOPTION. I WAS RAISED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT FOSTER HOMES UNTIL I WAS 3 1/2 YRS OLD. MY ADOPTIVE PARENTS ARE BOTH DECEASED. I WOULD LIKE TO LOCATE SIBLINGS (ON MY MOTHERS SIDE) AND MY MOTHER WHO WOULD BE AROUND 86 YRS OLD. I AM NOT SURE IF MY SIBLINGS EVEN KNOW I EXIST.