Summary
Registrant Maria Dessena is an adoptee looking for any of her birth family. The adoptee was born in New York in 1978 on October 29th. She was born in Rochester in Monroe County. Catholic Family Services handled the adoption. Her adoptive name became Maria.Online Genealogy and Family Research Resources
DESSENA results at Ancestry.com - more than 1.5 billion recordsNew York Adoption Record: # 42842
Adoptee looking for Any Birth Family
Maria Dessena
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Unknown
Adoptive Name: Maria
Date of Birth: Oct 29, 1978 at 9:50 PM (now 47 years old)
Gender: Female
Birth Location: Rochester city, Monroe county, New York USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital: Rochester General Hospital
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency: Catholic Family Services
Additional Info
Searching for any members of birth family. Adoptee's eyes are hazel (brown/green), hair is dark brown with fair skin, height is 5'3'. Birth mother was 16, still in high school at time of birth. Birth father was 17 and had started to attend college. Both worked in part-time sales. Birth mother was 5'3', hazel eyes and dark brown hair, fair skin. Birth father was 5'8' tall, brown eyes and black hair, olive skin. Birth mother had a father who died of heart problem at age 50. Diabetes common among women in her family.
Adoptee Birth Fathers Race: Italian, Polish
Adoptee Birth Mothers Race: Portuguese, Ukranian
Registered: November 28, 2016
Adoptee looking for Any Birth Family
Maria Dessena
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Unknown
Adoptive Name: Maria
Date of Birth: Oct 29, 1978 at 9:50 PM (now 47 years old)
Gender: Female
Birth Location: Rochester city, Monroe county, New York USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital: Rochester General Hospital
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency: Catholic Family Services
Additional Info
Searching for any members of birth family. Adoptee's eyes are hazel (brown/green), hair is dark brown with fair skin, height is 5'3'. Birth mother was 16, still in high school at time of birth. Birth father was 17 and had started to attend college. Both worked in part-time sales. Birth mother was 5'3', hazel eyes and dark brown hair, fair skin. Birth father was 5'8' tall, brown eyes and black hair, olive skin. Birth mother had a father who died of heart problem at age 50. Diabetes common among women in her family.
Adoptee Birth Fathers Race: Italian, Polish
Adoptee Birth Mothers Race: Portuguese, Ukranian
Registered: November 28, 2016
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