Summary
Registrant Karen Wenell is an adoptee looking for any of her birth family. The adoptee was born in Iowa in 1949 on May 12th. She was born Kathryn in Dubuque in Dubuque County to a 17 year old birthmother. Catholic Charities handled the adoption. Her adoptive name became Karen Ann Mescher.Online Genealogy and Family Research Resources
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Iowa Adoption Record: # 40277
Adoptee looking for Any Birth Family
Karen Wenell
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Kathryn
Adoptive Name: Karen Ann Mescher
Date of Birth: May 12, 1949 at 1:00 a.m. (now 76 years old)
Gender: Female
Birth Location: Dubuque city, Dubuque county, Iowa USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 17
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 19
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital: Mercy Hospital
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency: Catholic Charities
Additional Info
Birth mother was a junior in high school and light brown hair and brown eyes. She was Caholic. Birth father had completed one year at junior college and had brown curly hair and blue eyes. He was not Catholic.
Registered: June 20, 2016
Adoptee looking for Any Birth Family
Karen Wenell
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Kathryn
Adoptive Name: Karen Ann Mescher
Date of Birth: May 12, 1949 at 1:00 a.m. (now 76 years old)
Gender: Female
Birth Location: Dubuque city, Dubuque county, Iowa USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 17
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 19
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital: Mercy Hospital
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency: Catholic Charities
Additional Info
Birth mother was a junior in high school and light brown hair and brown eyes. She was Caholic. Birth father had completed one year at junior college and had brown curly hair and blue eyes. He was not Catholic.
Registered: June 20, 2016
Recent adoption records added to the online Iowa biological family reunion registry
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Adoption record added Sunday, Jul 7, 2024 at 10:05pm - Biological Brother looking for Female adoptee born on 1945 in Des Moines, Iowa
Adoption record added Sunday, Jun 23, 2024 at 10:58am - Biological Sister looking for Birth Mother of Female adoptee born on Nov 12, 1985 in Council Bluffs, Iowa
Adoption record added Wednesday, Jun 5, 2024 at 12:46pm - Other Birth Family looking for Any Birth Family of Female adoptee born on Sep 22, 1944 in Des Moines, Iowa
Adoption record added Monday, Feb 12, 2024 at 9:49am - Adoptee born on Dec 1, 1959 in Iowa City, Iowa
Adoption record added Monday, Jan 15, 2024 at 9:40am