Summary
Registrant Amy Garcia is a biological sister looking for her sister. The adoptee was born in California in 1990 on November 28th. She was born Yarika Ann Avery in Los Angeles County to birthmother Angelina Marie Grigsby.Online Genealogy and Family Research Resources
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California Adoption Record: # 37885
Biological Sister looking for Adoptee
Amy Garcia
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Yarika Ann Avery
Adoptive Name:
Date of Birth: Nov 28, 1990 (now 35 years old)
Gender: Female
Birth Location: Unknown city, Los Angeles county, California USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Angelina Marie Grigsby
Born: May 30, 1969 (now 56 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Arthur Allen Avery
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital:
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency:
Additional Info
I know that her foster parents lived in Lancaster, CA when Yarika was placed with them, but I do not know if they are still there. I am almost positive they adopted her. I believe the foster/adoptive mothers name is Sandy (or Sandra) Johnston or Johnson, but do not know the foster/adoptive father's name. I know they had two older biological children when she was placed, and apparently the mother and bio kids have red hair. Yarika's hair was red as a baby. She would be 25 years old, and possibly with a different name, as searches of her name yield birth record only. Tried searching under different spellings as well, as Yarika is pronounced Erica, with the Y being silent, but that got me no closer. Our mother passed in 2007, and we found a letter and poem written to Yarika by our mom. It would mean a great deal to me to give those to her and meet her again, as she was a baby last I saw her.
Registered: March 22, 2016
Biological Sister looking for Adoptee
Amy Garcia
Adoptee's Info
Birth Name: Yarika Ann Avery
Adoptive Name:
Date of Birth: Nov 28, 1990 (now 35 years old)
Gender: Female
Birth Location: Unknown city, Los Angeles county, California USA
Birthmother's Info
Name: Angelina Marie Grigsby
Born: May 30, 1969 (now 56 years old)
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Birthfather's Info
Name: Arthur Allen Avery
Born: Unknown
Age at Adoptee's Birth: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Born at Hospital:
Birth Certificate:
Adoption Agency:
Additional Info
I know that her foster parents lived in Lancaster, CA when Yarika was placed with them, but I do not know if they are still there. I am almost positive they adopted her. I believe the foster/adoptive mothers name is Sandy (or Sandra) Johnston or Johnson, but do not know the foster/adoptive father's name. I know they had two older biological children when she was placed, and apparently the mother and bio kids have red hair. Yarika's hair was red as a baby. She would be 25 years old, and possibly with a different name, as searches of her name yield birth record only. Tried searching under different spellings as well, as Yarika is pronounced Erica, with the Y being silent, but that got me no closer. Our mother passed in 2007, and we found a letter and poem written to Yarika by our mom. It would mean a great deal to me to give those to her and meet her again, as she was a baby last I saw her.
Registered: March 22, 2016
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