I was adopted with no trail from the adoption agency. I tracked down the original birth certification which indicated that I was Morris Bader's son. Genetic testing indicated that this wasn't true. I am from Haplogroup G which doesn't match Morris. My mtDNA is haplogroup k1a1b1a which is a subgroup of Ashkenazi Jews. Alas, finding someone who is a mtDNA match, especially my subgroup means that than is a 95% chance we shared an ansestory in the last 400 year... possibly more than that. This is not very useful information.
Thanks to more extensive DNA testing (familydna's family finder) I was able to locate my birth mother. But that's another story that won't get posted right now.
In the process of searching for my birth parents I learned about an exceptional young lady, Frances Geller, who was good friend to Joyce & Morris Bader. She taught Sociology or maybe Education at Marietta College. Frances was described as a delightful women, who came from Arizona, drove her car fast. She might have gotten a MA in Education from the University of Toledo. She was maybe dating a young man named Poole would lived in Columbus, Ohio. If you know Frances, have her drop me a line, there are some people who would love to catch up with her.
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