Summary

Registrant Patricia Costa is a birth mother looking for her daughter. The adoptee was born in New York in 1969 on August 22nd. She was born Margaret Mary Lee in Queens County to 22 year old birthmother Patricia Ann Lee Or Costa (maiden name Costa). Catholic Charities? handled the adoption.

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New York Adoption Record: # 36781

Birth Mother looking for Adoptee
Patricia Costa

Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Margaret Mary Lee
Adoptive Name:
Date of Birth: Aug 22, 1969 at P.M. (now 54 years old)
Gender: Female
Birth Location: Unknown city, Queens county, New York USA

Birthmother's Info
Name: Patricia Ann Lee Or Costa (Costa)
Born: Dec 11, 1946 (now 77 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 22
Religion: Catholic

Birthfather's Info
Name: Joseph Costa
Born: Oct 12, 1917
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 63
Religion: Catholic

Born at Hospital: Mary Immaculate, Jamica N.Y.
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency: Catholic Charities?

Additional Info
I may have used my Grandmother's last name Lee since I had been living with her. There was a twin, Elizabeth Ann who lived only 3 days. Margaret Mary had surgery to repair a hole in her heart at 3 days of age. I signed her adoption papers the day after Labor Day 1969.


Registered: February 3, 2016
Updated: July 17, 2022

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