Summary
Registrant Kathy Coats is a birth mother looking for her son. The adoptee was born in Texas in 1978 in August. He was born in Houston in Harris County to 15 year old birthmother Katherine Lynne Coats (maiden name Burrell). Private adoption handled the adoption.Online Genealogy and Family Research Resources
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Texas Adoption Record: # 109881
Birth Mother looking for Adoptee
Kathy Coats
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Unknown
Adoptive Name:
Date of Birth: Aug 1978 (now 47 years old)
Gender: Male
Birth Location: Houston city, Harris county, Texas USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Katherine Lynne Coats (Burrell)
Born: Aug 24, 1962 (now 63 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 15
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Gayland LaFitte
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 17
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital:
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency: Private adoption
Additional Info
This was a private adoption my mother arranged, I never knew the adoptive parents names. I understand that in Texas the adoptive parents can place their name on the birth certificate to erase all history of birth parents. I lived with a woman named Judy Fortenberry while I was pregnant. I was told that she was the sister of the adoptive mother, I believed this at the time, but now understand she may have been a paid facilitator. I lived in the Woodlands TX, at the time I became pregnant, the doctor who tested me for pregnancy had a connection to the couple that were interested in adopting, his name was Dr. Lavender. This the only information I have.
Registered: February 26, 2023
Birth Mother looking for Adoptee
Kathy Coats
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Unknown
Adoptive Name:
Date of Birth: Aug 1978 (now 47 years old)
Gender: Male
Birth Location: Houston city, Harris county, Texas USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Katherine Lynne Coats (Burrell)
Born: Aug 24, 1962 (now 63 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 15
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Gayland LaFitte
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: 17
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital:
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency: Private adoption
Additional Info
This was a private adoption my mother arranged, I never knew the adoptive parents names. I understand that in Texas the adoptive parents can place their name on the birth certificate to erase all history of birth parents. I lived with a woman named Judy Fortenberry while I was pregnant. I was told that she was the sister of the adoptive mother, I believed this at the time, but now understand she may have been a paid facilitator. I lived in the Woodlands TX, at the time I became pregnant, the doctor who tested me for pregnancy had a connection to the couple that were interested in adopting, his name was Dr. Lavender. This the only information I have.
Registered: February 26, 2023
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