Summary
Registrant Robyn Short is an adoptee looking for any of her birth family. The adoptee was born in Indiana in 1963 on December 31st. She was born Marsha Lynn Just in Terre Haute in Vigo County to 16 year old birthmother Lucille Marie Davidson; Updegraff (maiden name Just). Her adoptive name became Robyn Elizabeth Gates.Online Genealogy and Family Research Resources
SHORT results at Ancestry.com - more than 1.5 billion recordsRobyn Gates records at Ancestry.com
Lucille Davidson; Updegraff records at Ancestry.com
Lucille Just records at Ancestry.com
Indiana Adoption Record: # 83970
Adoptee looking for Any Birth Family
Robyn Short
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Marsha Lynn Just
Adoptive Name: Robyn Elizabeth Gates
Date of Birth: Dec 31, 1963 at 1:10 PM (now 62 years old)
Gender: Female
Birth Location: Terre Haute city, Vigo county, Indiana USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Lucille Marie Davidson; Updegraff (Just)
Born: 1947 (now 79 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 16
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital: Union Hospital
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency:
Additional Info
I have very little information to go on. I was born then given to Illinois DCFS for a few weeks until I was placed with my adoptive parents as a foster child until they were able to adopt me. I have DNA tested through Ancestry, 23&Me, FtDNA still waiting for closer matches.
Registered: April 27, 2018
Updated: April 8, 2019
Adoptee looking for Any Birth Family
Robyn Short
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Marsha Lynn Just
Adoptive Name: Robyn Elizabeth Gates
Date of Birth: Dec 31, 1963 at 1:10 PM (now 62 years old)
Gender: Female
Birth Location: Terre Haute city, Vigo county, Indiana USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Lucille Marie Davidson; Updegraff (Just)
Born: 1947 (now 79 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 16
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital: Union Hospital
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency:
Additional Info
I have very little information to go on. I was born then given to Illinois DCFS for a few weeks until I was placed with my adoptive parents as a foster child until they were able to adopt me. I have DNA tested through Ancestry, 23&Me, FtDNA still waiting for closer matches.
Registered: April 27, 2018
Updated: April 8, 2019
Recent adoption records added to the online Indiana biological family reunion registry
- Male adoptee born on Aug 1967 in Indiana
Adoption record added Sunday, Jan 11th at 12:46pm - Male adoptee born on Jan 2, 1958 in South Bend, Indiana
Adoption record added Monday, Oct 6, 2025 at 12:27pm - Birth Mother looking for Male adoptee born on May 10, 1973 in Indianapolis, Indiana
Adoption record added Friday, Aug 29, 2025 at 8:41am - Adoptive Sister looking for Female adoptee born on Apr 13, 1972 in Johnson County in Indiana
Adoption record added Monday, Jul 28, 2025 at 9:11am - Adoptive Relative looking for Any Birth Family of Male adoptee born on Jun 9, 1941 in Indiana
Adoption record added Monday, Jan 27, 2025 at 12:21pm - Adoptive Relative looking for Any Birth Family of Male adoptee born on Jul 31, 1936 in Indianapolis, Indiana
Adoption record added Monday, Jan 13, 2025 at 7:05pm - Female adoptee born on Jul 23, 1980 in Evansville, Indiana
Adoption record added Monday, Oct 7, 2024 at 8:21pm