Summary
Registrant Leslie Dowdal is a biological brother looking for his brother. The adoptee was born in Illinois in 1962 on August 8th. He was born John in Chicago in Cook County to birthmother Marilyn Joy Sherman (maiden name Leipart).Online Genealogy and Family Research Resources
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Illinois Adoption Record: # 93581
Biological Brother looking for Adoptee
Leslie Dowdal
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: John
Adoptive Name:
Date of Birth: Aug 8, 1962 (now 63 years old)
Gender: Male
Birth Location: Chicago city, Cook county, Illinois USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Marilyn Joy Sherman (Leipart)
Born: Jul 20
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Sherman
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital: Cook County Hospital
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency:
Additional Info
My brother was adopted out at Cook county hospital Mother stated it was a private adoption. Lawyer who processed adoption may have been adopted father..
Registered: June 3, 2019
Biological Brother looking for Adoptee
Leslie Dowdal
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: John
Adoptive Name:
Date of Birth: Aug 8, 1962 (now 63 years old)
Gender: Male
Birth Location: Chicago city, Cook county, Illinois USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Marilyn Joy Sherman (Leipart)
Born: Jul 20
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Sherman
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital: Cook County Hospital
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency:
Additional Info
My brother was adopted out at Cook county hospital Mother stated it was a private adoption. Lawyer who processed adoption may have been adopted father..
Registered: June 3, 2019
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