Oregon Adoption Record #98138

Oregon Adoption Record: # 98138

Adoptive Brother looking for Birth Sibling
Daniel Merandi

Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Eric Daniel Klingaman
Adoptive Name: Daniel Eric Merandi
Date of Birth: Jun 12, 1945 (now 78 years old)
Gender: Male
Birth Location: Portland city, Multnomah county, Oregon USA

Birthmother's Info
Name: Lela M Klingaman Merandi (Baker Orton)
Born: 1917
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown

Birthfather's Info
Name: Gordon Bryan Blackman
Born: 1921
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 24
Religion: Unknown

Born at Hospital:
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency: Michigan state

Additional Info
Hello, I am searching for one of my half siblings, a girl, born 1942/43 in Boise or Caldwell Idaho. She may have been named Verna Klingaman or Verna Arbuckle. She was left at the hospital shortly after birth. I have just learned of this recently. She was adopted right away by a local minister and his wife. She was in contact with another half sibling I have just found. That sibling was also abandoned, at age 4, her name Mary Vaniece Klingaman. I have been delighted to speak with Vaniece and hope to visit her soon. Verna may have tried to find me about 20 years ago, phoning my brother Nick who did not relay the information to me for over a decade. My half sibling Nick was in denial I suppose. I was also abondoned for about two years to an orphanage in the Portland area. My mother, Lela, came back for me when she married her second husband Joseph Merandi in 1948. My mother was very secretive. She did not tell me if the other children she had not would she reveal the identity of my biological dad. I have recently discovered his identity via his relatives and DNA tests.


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