Summary
Registrant Tela Benson is an adoptee looking for any of her birth family. The adoptee was born in California in 1967 on September 12th. She was born Shelley Marie Martin in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County to a 21 year old birthmother with the maiden name of Hoff. Los Angeles County handled the adoption. Her adoptive name became Tela Jean Benson.Online Genealogy and Family Research Resources
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California Adoption Record: # 23229
Adoptee looking for Any Birth Family
Tela Benson
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Shelley Marie Martin
Adoptive Name: Tela Jean Benson
Date of Birth: Sep 12, 1967 (now 59 years old)
Gender: Female
Birth Location: Los Angeles city, Los Angeles county, California USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: (Hoff)
Born: 1946 (now 80 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 21
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Martin
Born: 1932 (now 94 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 35
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital: Los Angeles County
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency: Los Angeles County
Additional Info
Birth Mother place of Birth: Colorado
Birth Father place of Birth: Nebraska - he served in the Navy
Birth parents story: They met when the birth mother left California and went to live with her sister in Colorado. The birth father was a family friend of Sisters. The birth father lived with his Mother in Colorado. They dated ,she got pregnant. She wanted to get married and he didn't so she finally returned to the LA area before I was born in LA County Hospital.
Registered: July 25, 2013
Updated: October 9, 2017
Adoptee looking for Any Birth Family
Tela Benson
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Shelley Marie Martin
Adoptive Name: Tela Jean Benson
Date of Birth: Sep 12, 1967 (now 59 years old)
Gender: Female
Birth Location: Los Angeles city, Los Angeles county, California USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: (Hoff)
Born: 1946 (now 80 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 21
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Martin
Born: 1932 (now 94 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 35
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital: Los Angeles County
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency: Los Angeles County
Additional Info
Birth Mother place of Birth: Colorado
Birth Father place of Birth: Nebraska - he served in the Navy
Birth parents story: They met when the birth mother left California and went to live with her sister in Colorado. The birth father was a family friend of Sisters. The birth father lived with his Mother in Colorado. They dated ,she got pregnant. She wanted to get married and he didn't so she finally returned to the LA area before I was born in LA County Hospital.
Registered: July 25, 2013
Updated: October 9, 2017
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