Summary

Registrant Karen Joda is an adoptee looking for birth father. The adoptee was born in Illinois in 1969 on June 29th. She was born in Harvey in Cook County to 17 year old birthmother Sandra Ann Stemerman (maiden name Kreisher). Her adoptive name became Karen Marie Zirzow.

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Illinois Adoption Record: # 38134

Adoptee looking for Birth Father
Karen Joda

Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Unknown
Adoptive Name: Karen Marie Zirzow
Date of Birth: Jun 29, 1969 at 11:35PM (now 56 years old)
Gender: Female
Birth Location: Harvey city, Cook county, Illinois USA

Birthmother's Info
Name: Sandra Ann Stemerman (Kreisher)
Born: Mar 28, 1952 (now 73 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 17
Religion: Unknown

Birthfather's Info
Name: Charlie Martin
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown

Born at Hospital: Ingalls Memorial
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency:

Additional Info
My birth father was a horse groomer at Washington Park Race Track. He is of British & Irish decent & Broadly Northwestern and Southern European (Italian).


Registered: March 30, 2016
Updated: September 17, 2019

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