Oregon Adoption Record #108352

Oregon Adoption Record: # 108352

Adoptive Relative looking for Any Birth Family
David Clemens

Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Baby Boy KESLER
Adoptive Name: William Glen Blake
Date of Birth: Oct 1969 (now 54 years old)
Gender: Male
Birth Location: Portland city, Multnomah county, Oregon USA

Birthmother's Info
Name: Merry Beth (KESLER)
Born: 1953 (now 71 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown

Birthfather's Info
Name: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown

Born at Hospital:
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency: Albertina Kerr

Additional Info
William Blake (adopted name) is an adoptee looking for his birth mother, Merry Beth (?) KESLER or any of her relatives. The adoptee was born in October 1969 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. The July 1970 Multnomah County adoption decree refers to him as "Baby Boy KESLER" and states that his birth parents were unmarried. We believe that the birth mother Merry Beth KESLER (born about 1953) moved from Indiana to Oregon as a teenager and lived at the Albertina Kerr unwed mothers' home in Portland. Based upon the adoption decree, KESLER is the surname of the adoptee's birth mother. The adoptive parents never met or communicated with the teenage birth parents and have no additional information. The adoption was handled by the Albertina Kerr Home in Portland. His adoptive name became William Glen Blake. He now has multiple children and grand-children. We have found no records relating to the birth mother, Merry Beth (?) KESLER, and do not even know if she is alive or deceased. Based upon DNA testing of the adoptee (23andme, August 2022), the maternal haplogroup of the birthmother KESLER (and her maternal-only line) is T2b. No DNA cousins of hers have yet been confirmed. The information above was supplied by David Clemens, an uncle of the adoptee's son.


Registered: July 21, 2022
Updated: January 15, 2024