Summary
Registrant Patti Dykens is a member of the birth family looking for her biological birth sibling. The adoptee was born in Iowa in 1957 on October 5th. He was born James Allen in Polk County to 19 year old birthmother Carol Jean Moritz (maiden name Weist).Online Genealogy and Family Research Resources
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Iowa Adoption Record: # 28184
Other Birth Family looking for Birth Sibling
Patti Dykens
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: James Allen
Adoptive Name:
Date of Birth: Oct 5, 1957 (now 68 years old)
Gender: Male
Birth Location: Unknown city, Polk county, Iowa USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Carol Jean Moritz (Weist)
Born: Dec 11, 1938 (now 87 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 19
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 30
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital:
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency:
Additional Info
Birth mom, Carol Jean Weist, was taken from her hometown of Primghar Iowa and sent to Mitchellville group home, where she stayed till she gave birth to a baby boy she named James Allen. Two years later she gave birth to a baby girl in Chicage. Her birth name was Michelle Dawn. Michelle Dawns adoptive name is Norma Cassin. Norma married and now goes by Norma Cassin Pountney. She currently resides in Colorado. We are hoping to find her brother . We do not know if both kids have the same father
Registered: July 1, 2014
Updated: September 5, 2020
Other Birth Family looking for Birth Sibling
Patti Dykens
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: James Allen
Adoptive Name:
Date of Birth: Oct 5, 1957 (now 68 years old)
Gender: Male
Birth Location: Unknown city, Polk county, Iowa USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Carol Jean Moritz (Weist)
Born: Dec 11, 1938 (now 87 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 19
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 30
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital:
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency:
Additional Info
Birth mom, Carol Jean Weist, was taken from her hometown of Primghar Iowa and sent to Mitchellville group home, where she stayed till she gave birth to a baby boy she named James Allen. Two years later she gave birth to a baby girl in Chicage. Her birth name was Michelle Dawn. Michelle Dawns adoptive name is Norma Cassin. Norma married and now goes by Norma Cassin Pountney. She currently resides in Colorado. We are hoping to find her brother . We do not know if both kids have the same father
Registered: July 1, 2014
Updated: September 5, 2020
Recent adoption records added to the online Iowa biological family reunion registry
- Researcher looking for Any Birth Family of Male adoptee born on Feb 12, 1936 in Iowa
Adoption record added Thursday, Jun 12, 2025 at 12:52pm - Birth Father looking for Female adoptee born on Unknown in Waterloo, Iowa
Adoption record added Sunday, Mar 30, 2025 at 7:25am - Researcher looking for Any Birth Family of Male adoptee born on 1960 in Iowa
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