Hey ya'll,Got a note from someone saying you had mentioned me and Gladney in the same post, so thought I would swing by and leave a quick comment on the topic.
We will on occasion work on Edna Gladney cases, but they have to have some data beyond that which is provided by Gladney files or non-ID.
The reason for our hesitancy is simple- the majority of the cases we have reviewed/researched/solved from Edna Gladney were stuffed full of pages and pages of falsified documents. While it is quite normal (sadly) for adoption agencies to falsify a few things in an adoption record, the Gladney files we have studied had been tremendously falsified, often times simply duplicated. I have seen several people all get the same photo-copied "non-ID" from Gladney staffers. I have located alleged birth mothers connected to Gladney cases only to discover she was simply a woman who's identity was used over and over, and has been located by multiple adoptees in search of answers, only to find intentinal dead ends built by Gladney staffers so many years ago. Makes me sad and angry all at the same time. Let me say for the record, I have no idea what Gladney's processes and procedures are today. The tradition of falsifying entire adoption files may be a thing of the past. Perhaps it wasn't even a "tradition". Maybe I'm wrong. ;-) All I can say is that in 20 years of working thousands of cases, I have NEVER seen as much falsification in any other agency in the U.S. as I have seen with Edna Gladney cases. Tragically, many of the adoptees who have come thru that agency have unsolvable cases since names, cities, hospitals and DOB's were faked in many cases. Perhaps they felt at the time they were right, but I stand here today to state- they were WRONG. And anybody who thinks lying to adoptees is "whats best for them" is misguided.
Have a beautiful Thanksgiving to you all. I do hope each of you are blessed to find that which you seek.
In your corner,
Troy
"The Locator"
www.wetv.com/thelocator
I am not even surprised at the lies. My daughter, who was adopted through the State, not a private agency, at least that is what we were told, has a NY social security number - they never lived there, they wrong hospital listed and oddly, the correct first and middle name. However her adopters claimed to have named her. Saying that I named her only her middle name. Interesting but untrue.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I have to say it, it does not matter who writes up the birth certificate, only adoption can allow the falsifying of birthdate and place. Names, believe it or not, are totally up to the parents. Anyone can name their child anything they want, first, last and middle. It is the one thing that most people don't even realize.
I actually did realize it, because while I chose (stupidly, for stupid reasons based on a lie told to me) to leave her father off the original birth certificate, I gave her his last name.
It is sad that the fears of adopters/adoptive parents steal so much from our children.
My husbands son was adopted from Edna Gladney, When we found his birth mother everything that Edna Gladney had told us was a lie!! Currently looking for a girl adopted through Edna Gladney, her name is Crystal and a family named Paul adopted her, She was born at JPS Hospital
DeleteI'm a birth mother fresh wound too!! Last night I was rushed An forced (duress)to sign the papers to terminate rights I even said I can't do this no if I do it it's because I feel obligated!! I have plenty of messages telling my worker to give me time to feel sure about my decision! Me my mother An children got our first peaceful moments after I forcefully signed! (Yea because you finally got your way) I was torn 45 min later I texted birth parents they said yesterday that they will not take my son away from me if they feel like he's being taken from me so I reminded them and told them I did not want to sign those papers I was forced and after that lawyer heard me say I don't want to do this I feel obligated he should have stopped the whole process but they didn't because he's for gladneys!! I got no response but they apologized a minute before when I told them I felt force(we love u An were truly sorry) So I felt I was lied to I'm so hurt I've begged my social worker An told her u know this is wrong I'm waiting on my SW her supervisor An the lawyer are supposed to be calling me because my counselor says she is explaining to them that I want to parent an felt forced! I have numerous times told her in texts they said if I didn't sign they had to call cps also threatened me w the family gave me a deadline to sign or they would leave!! I want my son I want to parent if they do this to me it's definitely illegal! When I said I felt forced an obligated that lawyer should have ended the process! Right? Someone help I need my baby back��He's five days old they knew I wanted to parent but also worked me up real good to scare me An make me feel like that was my only way out of that room even tho I could have walked out on my own I seriously felt obligated they help me get into my home w down payment An gave me a referral to furnish it An also brought my mother down how can I hurt them ...I was constantly reminded
DeleteMissing, you need legal advice. If you can't afford a lawyer, contact your state's legal assistance office. If you think Gladney did anything illegal also file a complaint with your state's child welfare agency which licenses Gladney.
DeleteI was born January 7th 1976 Tarrant county Edna Gladney and I been wanting know my real mother since i was first told about my adoption. it was the only thing I would expect for a Xmas gift this year and instead my adoptive parents said she is probably dead anyway so why bother. I feel like Edna gladney didn't scream there customers if you have money you can have the baby and I was never without toys and material things that's it so when they bought me all the expensive Christmas s*** this year I gave every bit of it away to people can you help me point me in the right direction and how to find her? 4057082734 my name is Blaine thank you
DeleteI was 14 when I went to Edna gladney and I can attest that it is by far the worst thing I’ve ever experienced before. We had to look at a chart similar to a paint color chart for matching skin eye etc colors to birth fathers. In my case that was really hard since I was raped even at that young of an age it felt dirty like the parents wanted the babies to look exactly or as close as possible to them. I just felt like they were selling babies. I went back after delivering him and picked him up and privately put him in a home with a couple that had been trying for 7 years and had their nursery fixed up for a boy for 5 years. I don’t regret doing this but I feel very sorry for the young ladies that I was there with.
DeleteMy step son was adopted from Edna Gladney. All the information was completely false. We found his birth mother but she refuses to give him any information about his birth father. We have reason to believe his birth father was named Goen and from Greenville, Texas. My step son was born March 31, 1973. He has waited his life to find our medical history. We found his birth mother, her last name at the time was Hitchcock.
DeleteLooking for a girl adopted through Edna Gladney, born at JPS Hospital in 2002, I believe her name might be Crystal Paul.
DeleteI was put at Edna Gladney after a rape. The horror of it still haunts me. 1976 and 1977. I wish others would come forward. I found my daughter. No help from them. They sold her to highest bidder. My parents paid them for the secrets. They got paid both ways. Mothers and babies suffered
DeleteTo anyone that has inside of Edna gladney, please email me n.mcgough@yahoo.com. My husband was adopted from there and I am getting nowhere, I would like some history on Edna gladney thanks!
DeleteIt's so insane that no one has ever been held accountable for all these falsifications! Boy, if we falsified our tax info, the government would be coming after us both barrels -- but to falsify someone's history -- no one gets held accountable.
ReplyDeleteSigh -- so frustrating.
Really Gladney ought to be prosecuted for that. It's called fraud.
ReplyDeleteSo how is it this agency is still in business? Are there not laws being broken by this agencies actions? If so why is NOTHING being done to yank whatever "certification" they have? Guess I'm just too naive I suppose. There seems to be an invisible line between wrong & right these days...
ReplyDeleteOver the decades many, many rich and powerful people have adopted from Gladney. These people have a lot of political "pull."
DeleteTHIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE REASON. President Bush has family that adopted through them and a family member on their board.
DeleteI wish I could say I was surprised -- I'm in the same town as Gladney, and many people simply REVERE it. But I didn't like them from the get-go -- not just the history of falsified records, which I learned about after several of my students related the stories they got from Gladney, and they were all identical (parents MARRIED, was their favorite lie at one time). But their then-refusal to do open adoption and the way-too-slicky brochures for AP that made me wonder where the money was really going.
ReplyDeleteI get asked all the time in this area whether I used Gladney. No way is the answer I give.
Unfortunately, I know parents who have adopted from Gladney. The woman was from Austin. Before they got a boy, they held a cocktail-party fundraiser for Gladney.
ReplyDeleteThe head of Gladney has been nominated, as I noted yesterday, for an Angels in Adoption. Maybe some of us ought to write to whomever decides these things...about what is going on over there.
I was adopted through Edan Gladney from people in Austin in 1981. I truly believe the only was I was adopted was because of their money and social influence. The house was filled with abuse and I now have no family since Edna Gladney won't help me find my biological parents.
DeleteThat is heartbreaking. My first grandbaby was placed for adoption thru EG and I will never get to know how she is doing. They are horrible... im so sorry this happened to you.
DeleteI'm looking for my brother that was born in 1981 from the Edna Gladney home.. my mom had to go by Cain.. but her real name is Stacie Cearley.. she was forced by her step father to give her little boy up.. he was blonde haired and blue eyed.. I pray everyone finds their family.
DeleteI'm searching for my brother, he was put up for adoption in 1981, I think his bday was Dec 28th, my mom was underage and had no choice, she said she remembered having to go by the last name Cain/Cane.. She was in the tarrant county edna gladney home. I'm on ancestry. Or you can email me cecilygosdin@gmail.com
DeleteIt was was Bill Pierce and Gladney's then executive director Ruby Lee Piester who spawned the NCFA in 1980
ReplyDeletehttp://www.adoptioncouncil.org/news/media_
News_9.htm
Edna Gladney must be turning in her grave
Little Snowdrop
Anyone can get an Angel in Adoption Award, there are no criteria really. Even I got one! It started as just an adoptive parent-agency thing, then at some point adoption reform activists started nominating each other,just to annoy them, but the main thrust has remained "adoption is always wonderful".
ReplyDeleteIf anyone wants one, all it takes is to be nominated by a friend who contacts your local congressperson and gets a bunch of your buddies to write letters about what a swell person you are, which no doubt the congressperson does not read:-) He or she then places your name on the list, and you get invited to DC (at your own expense) and get a free dinner with really bad entertainment, a cheesy little angel pin, and emails asking you to give them money forever after.
I am ashamed to say I got one a few years ago, and had done the work for a couple of other people to get one before that. I wanted to honor my friends in adoption reform, but in retrospect think there is probably a better way.
The only nice thing is the person who organizes it collects all the letters from friends and sends copies to the person being awarded, and that is the real award, kind words from friends.
But the Angel Award itself is worth as much as the "major award" in Christmas Story, the lamp that looked like a woman's leg! The banquet was bizarre and awful, including the bag of gifts we all got that included a "Born-Again-Bear, a cute little teddy bear from some religious adoption group with a not very cute "are you Saved by Jesus?" message attached. I kept the bear, threw out the message. I was there the year DNC got the award, and his video was the only good part.
I highly doubt that the people who organize this political publicity stunt care if Gladney or Jack the Ripper or Attila the Hun get the award, as long as procedure was followed and a congressman put their name in. It is a bad joke.
I have to comment on Gladney. Yes just like every other adoption agency has lied and distorted the truth on the adoption files of adoptees. I am one of those that has done several cases for Gladney Moms and Babes. I have found for them. There is a major difference between the adoptees and the mothers. The mothers are given better information. I usually find for them literally within in ten to fifteen minutes. The adoptees are given very bad information. From my understanding, there is two different counselors. One for the adoptee which happens to be very horrible. The other for the mothers which happens to very good and very kind.
ReplyDeleteAs someone who does search angel work for both moms and adoptees, I know Texas pretty well. My average of finds is well over 90%. I personally believe that I think someone is not making full effort. That is just my opinion. If you need help searching in Texas, join Texans for Adult Adoptees OBC Access. We have an incredible crew of search angels. We don't ever give up and we don't charge except for gas expenses.
Birth mother trying to find baby girl born November 26,1978, Edna Gladney home.
DeleteI hate to tell you this - but Gladney is not the only adoption agency in Texas guilty of doing this. I placed a child for adoption with Smithlawn- and both the adoptive family and I were lied to - and they've lied to others as well.
ReplyDeleteI was adopted through High Plains Children's HOme and I've run into several adoptees with the very same info on the summary sheet that I was given. I asked at 3 different times for info on my birth mother - about every 5 years or so in the last 15 years. Each time I've been given contradicting information. When I confronted them they refused to verify any of the information. They also refuse to give me the redacted info I requested.
My brother just found his birth family - adopted through the same agency as me= HPCH - and we were told his birth mother was form Louisiana. His birth mother was told that he was adopted by a family in Odessa. Truth is we've never lived more than one hour away from his birth family at any time.
So,I don't trust any of the non-identifying information at this point that I've been given about my birth mother.
It makes me wonder - because like Gladney, both agencies - especially Smithlawn - are tight allies of NFCA - if NFCA has actually instructed these agencies to falsify information.
If only the much hagiographized Edna Gladney was still around to know her saintly efforts to remove the taint of bastardy from the children of unmarried parents are finally being seen for what they really were, social engineering, I'm sure she'd be pissed as all get out.
ReplyDeleteImagine! St Edna revealed to the world as not all sweetness and light!
It seems to me that the famous quote attributed to her in the movie "Blossoms in the dust", "There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents" says it all.
It was that kind of mindset that enabled her and others to justify the secrecy and shenanigans that have caused so much injustice and unwarranted suffering over the years.
Little Snowdrop
You can add the now defunct "Blessed Trinity Adoptions" to the list in Texas, as well. I am sure their predecessor is no better... I would love to be a part of a watchdog group that monitors the activities of all of these "Baby Brokers".
ReplyDeleteMy daughter was given up for adoption in 1995 by her biological mother without my consent to the Blessed Trinity Adoption agency in Houston, texas. I will like to know if it was legal to terminate my parental rights by the courts eventhough I did not give my daughter up for adoption. She is 18years old now and eventhough they claim it was an open adoption, I have tried to reach my daughter through the adopted parents and to no avail. I need help on what to do. I want my daughter to know that I her biological father did not give her up to nobody and it was an illegal adoption in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI will try to get back to you tomorrow. I have an injured/recovering arm.. email:forumfirstmother@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteAlabi-Isami,
ReplyDeleteCheck out the the Child Welfare Information Gateway "Searching for Birth Relatives." The link in on the FMF right side bar. Excellent information about how to search and preparing for a reunion.
The deeper I delve into the world of adoption-the more disturbing it becomes.
ReplyDeleteI am a stupid birth mother who wish I never drove to Texas when my mom yelled at me when I told her I was pregnant from Oklahoma. They convinced me giving her up for adoption was the best choice. 1976. When she was 23 we were reunited through Edna's registry. She did not have brown eyes or look like her father. They let me hold her for 15 minutes the next day and said her birth parents were there to pick her up. They told me Texas birth certificates are sealed forever and once I agreed I could never find her. They put me to sleep and I was not awake when she was born or two if I had twins and was not told. When I was in my thirties I found out about adoption registries and put my name in several to find her. Eight years later I got a call from Gladney saying there had been a match. She put her name in to find her mother. She was not that happy to meet me. I was so happy to meet her. She stayed two weeks and we kept in contact. She came back again and someone obviously intended to make our visit end in a disaster. She was into evil spells. She came back at age 26 and was afraid her adoptive brothers wife's Mafia family from Boston was going to murder her but she called me before she arrived saying she told her she was going here to my house I was leasing for a year. I had only lived there six months and came home from school and found for sale sign in the yard and my other daughter I raised came running out with phone with her on it so happy she was here. I went to pick her up. She did not want to talk to her adoptive family. She signed papers giving up any money their family gave her. She stayed ten days while I tried everything I could think of to help her except believe her. The day before I found her at my house dead hanging by her belt I called her adoptive sister in law maybe two days before. It happened ten years ago. She said my adopted daughters checking account was overdrawn $900.00. She never told me. She had been in Los Angeles at lax where her flight landed before going to Sacramento. The police ruled it a suicide and shipped her body back to Texas to her adoptive family. Her sister in law said her brother would be here on Friday to help her the day after I found her dead. This was before I found her. I am still extremely upset. I called fort worth Texas tarrant county vital records a few days ago to try and get a copy of her birth certificate to see her eye color. I was told adopted children's birth certificates are destroyed and new ones made with adoptive parents names on them. I was told by Gladney I had to create a fake name for her birth certificate. The problem is Texas state laws. Adoptions should be open like in California where the Bio family can keep an eye an these adoptive families. I have tried contacting them and they refuse to communicate. Her brother was friends with Julia Roberts ex. They lived in cypress Texas. Where he lived.
ReplyDeleteI was given up for adoption in January 1988 to the Edna gladney agency. I have contacted them with no luck with a match within their records. I am searching for my biological parents, please if your out there find me.
ReplyDeleteRee L.
Hello Ree! I was just reading these replies and wanted to tell you that I was also adopted through Gladney and was born in January 1988! I was born January 24. Do you know anything about your biological family or parents? If it helps, you were probably born at Duncan Memorial Hospital, which was the Hospital on Gladney’s campus at the time.
DeleteRee: Add more information, such as birth date and place of birth as you know it, and register immediately with with ISRR. International Search Reunion Registry. And find a search angel.
ReplyDeleteThis is very surprising to me. I am a Gladness baby/adoptee. When I was 18 I wrote them asking for my family medical information they had at the time. I got a lovely letter back describing my birth mother. It was like reading a letter about myself. Same career interests/studies, same personality traits, her sibling had the same hobbies interests I had which none of my family shared. I find it hard to believe that was not a genuine letter about a genuine person. I never took the step to register because I never felt the need to know much more than that. I am on the other hand open to meeting/sharing info if my birth mother has the need to know. My real mother has been curious and looking for my birth mother which I think is sweet. I have known many Gladney families and have never heard a bad story from any of them.
ReplyDeleteI to was a birth mom there and had twin in 87, yes they told me to use a different name. when i wrote years ago i was told it would be in a file but not to expect anything that they are haveing a good life. the 23rd this mth will be another year. they are boys born in 87.
ReplyDeleteI gave birth to my daughter at edna gladney in April 19 1979 I had to change my name while I was there,in 2000 when she was 21 the home contacted me saying she wanted medical information (her crib Name was Tacha Lynn) I gave them my medical history and told them I've been looking for her could they please give me some kind of info so I could contact her,they said sheshe having a good life,went to college got married has 3 kids and is now divorced they said that they'd pass on that I wanted to find her.that was January 1,2000, I still haven't heard anything its been 15yrs and in less then two weeks she'll be 36yrs old,I'm so afraid I will die without telling her how much I love her
ReplyDeleteJustine...Glad to see your post...I am hoping and praying she will see your post too.
DeleteJustine, I know this is an old post and many years have gone by, but I was just reading these comments and wanted to say I so hope things have worked out in contacting your daughter. I just said a prayer for you. As an adoptee who found my birth mother, I know the love you have for her. I hope you’re well and wish you all the best!
DeleteI gave birth at edna gladney in April the 19th 1979 I had to change my name ,my daughter's crib Name was Tacha lynn,15 hrs ago edna gladney contacted me on Jan.1 2000 and said my daughter wanted medical information so I gave them what I knew,I was so excited I thought finally I can find her but all they'd tell me is she's happy has 3 kids went to college and is divorced I asked them to tell her I've been looking for her and I love her I always have they said they'd pass on my message,I never heard anything its been 15 years shell be 36 in less then 2 weeks I'm so afraid I will never get to tell her I love and that I've always loved her before I die (if you where born 4/19/1979 weighed 7lbs 12 oz at 8 44 pm on a thursday I'm looking for you)
ReplyDeleteJustine, there's help for your search. Check out the FMF Resources page on the right hand sidebar. The American Adoption Congress has good information. A support group can be very helpful. You might find one through AAC or Concerned United Birthparents or on the web. There's a lot of Gladney alums out there and you might want to link up with them. People have also been successful reuniting through Face Book.
DeletePlease don't give up. Gladney may not have passed on your message or your daughter may have been at a time in her life where she didn't want a reunion. All that may have changed.
I'm currently searching for my older brother who was adopted out of Gladney in April 1969. We are having a fit trying to get information from them it seems. They taunt that they are all about helping adoptees and birth parents reunite but they drag their feet the ENTIRE time. We are currently in conctact with another adoptee that was born in April '69 in Tarrant county. He is unsure of which home he came from but thought it to be Homestead. Knowing what I know about Gladney falsifying records, we are still pursuing trying to verify whether we are family or not. Have any of you had an experience where Gladney has grossly falsified information? If so, what was falsified??? I feel like I can't trust a word they say and keep going in circles.
ReplyDeletePlease understand this is a very old post and the probability that you will answered is highly unlikely, and we don't know the answers ourselves to the question you pose.
DeleteAre you there? My husband was adopted in April of 69.
DeleteJuly 24,1972. I was born at Duncan Memorial through the Edna Gladney home. I have all the lawyer records I have all the court records I have the letters that were sent back and forth for the home visits I have a receipt from the hospital stamp paid on it I have a short summary of who had me and demand as well. I do not call them my birth parents or my birth mother or father 4 days are not. She may have had me and he may have helped but to give them the name parents or mother or father will not come from me. I have not mad or bitter it was the best thing that ever could have done and I appreciate that and would love to thank them for that. I am in search of them for medical issues. Now after reading this I'm hesitant to send Edna Gladney home any money to further my search. I have 3 beautiful children. Son 25,daughter20,son 9 and I adopted my daughter nine years ago trough the state she is now 18. I do know that I have a brother, so the Edna Gladney home told me. He is five years younger than me and was adopted as well out of the home. Again I'm not bitter I'm not hateful hurtful or anything along those lines I am grateful. I've had an amazing life and it continues to this day. My children are all successful of course the 9 year old is on his way. I almost gave up my oldest son for adoption but I chose not to sign the paperwork until I saw him and I chose at that point to do everything in my power to make sure my children, child at the time, had a life and had their real birth mother no matter what it took. Again I do have all paperwork probably more than I should I don't know how that happened but I do have it. I have a supportive family that will help me and any help out there would be appreciated have a great day and God bless
ReplyDeleteIf your want your natural parent to help you with medical issues, you need to consider their feelings. Refusing to call them your birth mother or father is unkind. Thanking them for giving you up is insulting.
DeleteWhat comes across in your comment is that wanting medical information is just an excuse. What you really want is to find your natural parents so you can hurt them the way they hurt you. I'd suggest you get some counseling, read up on reunions, and join a support group before you continue your search.
I was born at the Edna Gladney home on July 11, 1972. But, much like your own story with your son, my 16 year-old mother decided to keep me. She was pressured for 3 days to sign the paperwork and could not see me until she decided. Not that this is any help, but I'm sure that my mother was there the same time as your birth mother. She may have known her.
DeleteWasn't this the same woman that stole children, with the assistance of a judge, then sold them to celebrities like Joan Crawford? I saw a story many years ago on Unsolved Mysteries that was about a "Children's Aid Society". They took children from poor families, terminated their parental rights, then sold them.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure, but I think the woman who assisted Joan Crawford and others was Georgia Tann, whose god-awful story is excellently told in: The Baby Thief: The Untold Story of Georgia Tann, the Baby Seller Who Corrupted Adoption by Barbara Bisantz Raymond. or you may be right...Edna Gladney could be the culprit. Either way, they were baby brokers who thought they were doing god's work.
DeleteGeorgia Tann was the culprit in on Unsolved Mysteries. She ran the Tennessee Children's Home. With the help of a corrupt judge, she took children from their parents and sold them to rich people including movie stars and sex perverts for adoption.
DeleteEdna Gladney worked at the Texas Children's Home which acquired a maternity home and became the Edna Gladney Home. She successfully lobbied the Texas legislature to remove "illegitimate" from the birth certificates of babies born to single mother
Gladney was immortalized in a 1941 film "Blossoms in the Dust" with Greer Garson. She famously said, according to the film, "There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents.".
I was adopted thru Edna Gladney in 1962. I have made some effort to locate my birth parents. It is a curiosity and it would be nice to have a medical history. I have registered with Gladney. They tell m e that they have investigators who will find your birth mother for a fee. They said that there is a 99% success rate. After they are found you write a letter to your birth parent with your intentions and it goes from there. I just wonder if this is a waste of money. Does anyone have any experience with this?
ReplyDeleteSince this is a really old post, it is likely you will not get an answer here. I suggest you repost your comment as is, if you like, at the current post. Go to "Home", and you will see it pr search for FMF fresh.
DeleteAnon, a good place to start searching is First Mother Forum's Resources page. https://www.firstmotherforum.com/p/blog-page.html
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ReplyDeleteI want to share my story the true story about Gladney in Fort Worth Tx...Gladney took advantage of me because I wanted to keep and raise my son before I signed any documents...My caseworker Yvonne Munoz told me that wasn't going to happen and I was never going to get my son back.I am heartbroken over those words and I shouldn't have been manipulated like that to sign those papers.I want my son everyday and it's breaking my heart even more that I can't call Gladney to drop off something to have it deliver to my son..When they ask me how to make it better and I said to just give my son back and Gladney said no that's not an option..Gladeney also thinks counseling and pills are going to make it all better...I don't think that they are realizing what a doctor is and I don't believe someone without doctor's degree "Bill Porter" can order you take counseling and get more pill in exchange for seeing my son...THAT'S CALL BLACK MAIL...I WANT MY SON..I want my updates
ReplyDeleteRita Ramon please contact me at 936-524-1657
4057082734 blaine January 7th 1976 i was adopted from Edna Gladney i been wanting to know my Real mother to make sure she is ok and to know her because I am nothing like the people who adopted me and the more I read this is the first sight of actually found I'm getting info nevermind it out every day about how much they had to pay for me it sounds like they just selling babies at the back door without screaming the people that give them to
Deletehello,can anyone give me some advice as to finding my biological parents? was born at Gladney , Ft Worth 1970
ReplyDeleteI was adopted from Gladney in April 1970. I found my birthmother by requesting medical info and an unidentifying letter from her. She wrote me and started her letter with "howdy" she mentioned just losing her husband "jonah" she mentioned she liked picking up sea shells. From this info I googled all the Texas coastal town's obituaries and found a "Jonah" and boom, there was her name listed as his wife. I found her. We met. Everything they had told my birth parents about her was a lie and vice versa. I know it's her, we look just alike.
DeleteI have a story I was in the adopted at Edna gladney I was born March 4th of 03 or 04 or 62 I was born about it 2:30 a.m. in the morning from what I've Been Told and I've just been wanting to try to find my birth mother it would be something since the adopted family mother and father both gone you kind of have a hole wasted life that you don't know about that you would like some kind of clothes you're too I hope someday to meet her there was no information on the birth father but mine was legalized through the court system through the district courts I think and for the Tarrant County and everything was all okay I just need to find somebody
ReplyDeleteHave you done a DNA on ancestry or 23andMe? I’m looking for a 1st cousins sister that was at Edna Gladney in 1974. We are both on ancestry and 23andMe. If you haven’t done so that would be the way to get answers.
DeleteDNA through Ancestory is helpful with people finding people you are related too. You may consider this. I have a grandchild that was in born at Gladney. My son the father was never given a chance to see or had no legal rights. We would have took that baby and gave it all the love in the world. We were told the birth mother had a boy but not sure. I have listed with Ancestry hoping that child has too.
ReplyDeleteI went through the Edna Gladney home in 1991. There were a number of us birth mothers who ultimately decided to not go through adoption through the agency, for whatever reasons.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter was adopted to my family in the only true open adoption method. Adopting parent, their lawyers, birth mother and child.
Unfortunately, a friend from high school also went through Edna Gladney about a year before me. She gave birth to a beautiful son (between 1990 and 1991) and adopted him to a family through the agency. Gladney promised all birth mothers annual photos of their child. When Amy asked for photos, she was denied. She was heartbroken to have been lied to and to have no hope of knowing how her son was. She went on to marry, but tragically dies in a car accident in the mid-late 90’s. I am heartbroken for her son. He will never know the beautiful soul she was and how much she loved him and grieved for him.
I am posting this in hopes that he will find it and know.
Through luck, Search Angels , and perseverance, I was able to find my only child born at Duncan Memorial Hospital...the facility for Edna Gladney. We are in contact after 50 years of grief and wondering. But, what I would like to propose is a FaceBook group specifically for Edna Gladney mothers and children. I do not have the skills to do so...is there someone else who could set this up?
ReplyDeleteCheck the CUB website and see if there is a CUB group in your area. https://www.cubirthparents.org/
DeleteIf not, join the CUB online group. I'm sure you'll find someone to help you set up a Facebook group for Gladney mothers and children. Though I've never tried to do it, they tell me it's pretty easy to set up a Facebook group.
Hi everyone, reading the comments here breaks my heart. I am helping my 1st cousin (Tera Moseley) find her older sister that was at Edna Gladly in Fort Worth, Tx. She was born on or about 11-17-74. We believe her name was Shawna, Shannah or shonna. Something like that. Her birth mothers name is Sandra Milligan and birth fathers name is Shelby Moseley. I’m hoping Shawna or what ever your name may be now will be on here and see this message. I also wanted to suggest to everyone looking for their biological family, please do the DNA on ancestry or 23andMe as I have and have found my biological dad, sister and brother. My cousin (Tera) is on both sites as well so if ANY of you feel you may be her sister, please go do the DNA on either site. We believe the hospital might have been Duncan Memorial Hospital but we are not sure.
ReplyDeleteI can be reached directly at shannon@vsmartinez.com
Any feed back is appreciated.
I was adopted in 1963. I also made effort to find information on my birth parents. Was told that they couldn't give information unless birth parents or siblings also requested information. They did contact me shortly afterwards that my natural mother passed away at age 65 with pancreatic cancer. That my request for anything else would remain open for 99 yrs. But again, unless the other party requests also that I wouldn't get anymore answers
ReplyDeleteGladney is absolute garbage - I am a Gladney baby (b. 1968) and Gladney birthmom (son b. 1986) - Gladney cares about no one except the adoptive parent$$ - I did get a clue on my non-ID (that I paid $100s for) that led me to my birthmother in 1995.
ReplyDeleteBut they told me another man was my birthson when he was 18 (he is 33 now) and I spent 14 years in reunion with someone who DNA showed me is not my birthson. The "new" son found me and was told when he went to search for me at age 22 that I was not interested in meeting him, even though four years earlier (when I was 18) I had flown to Texas to sign the reunion registry.
They are liars and any potential birthmother who feel there is literally no other choice than adoption should avoid them AT ALL COSTS!!
Dear Unknown, you really don't want to put your phone number up that publicly as you suggested.We are not a search site. For help, turn to Facebook and join several of the adoptee/adoption sites. Someone will direct you to where you are be in touch with a search angel who will help you. I hope this helps.
ReplyDeleteI'm searching for my brother, he was put up for adoption in 1981, I think his bday was dec 29th, my mom was underage and had no choice, she said she remembered having to go by the last name cane! She was in the tarrant county edna gladney home
ReplyDeleteAlthough FMF does not do searches, we have a list of resources on our Site that may be of help. https://www.firstmotherforum.com/p/blog-page.html.
DeleteI am searching for Crystal Paul adopted from Edna Gladney in 2020, her bio mother is Gia Wheeler. I lost contact with Gia but Crystal posted on Zabasearch she was looking for her bio mom and dad, Ray is not her dad. Would love to get in touch with her,
ReplyDeleteI am Gia's mother. We have been looking for a long time, if you would like, contact me at 123blindcat@gmail.com.
DeleteI was adopted from Edna Gladney in 1975. About fifteen years ago I was assisted by the Search Angels of America who found my birth mother's name very quickly and it was a free service.
ReplyDeleteAgain, let me suggest you check out FMF's search resources page. https://www.firstmotherforum.com/p/blog-page.html
ReplyDeleteChild born 11-26-1978
ReplyDeleteLittle girl so sweet
Taken way to early from me, telling me adoptive parents are waiting. Hurry hurry!
This should not be a rush.
They need a mental health counselor there.
Wasn’t one in 1978.
I regret my choice!
She’s 44 now. Always wondering about her life hoping it’s a beautiful one!
Miss her
I placed a baby through Gladney. Caseworker was Linda Brown. I gave birth in a hospital in Harlingen Texas. Born in September of 1980. I called Gladney and was told I had wrong birthday right month so am not sure of day. Son
ReplyDeleteAt 17 years, after disclosing to a neighbor lady that I was pregnant, she drove me from SD to TX to Gladney in 1978, unbeknownst to my parents. I spent several months there having God shoved down my throat while I sat at a chair for hours and worked for pennies cutting electronic fuse looking things. I'm sure Gladney contracted this job out and we pregnant unwed mothers did the labor and were paid literally pennies. I think I got 1 cent for every 10 units I cut. I was miserable and did not want to let them sell my baby but didn't know where else or what else I could do. I didn't think my parents would understand. My mom became a sleuth and interrogator and found out where I was. She called and told me I could come home and my baby would be welcomed and loved. That's all I needed to hear.
ReplyDeleteAfter traveling home on a Greyhound from TX back to SD, I got a BILL in the mail from Gladney. It was thousands of dollars for my "upkeep" while I was there. They didn't get to sell my baby so they were going to get the money one way or the other.
My father stepped in and told Gladney that he would take their BILL to the press so everyone would know that if a pregnant teen changed their minds and kept the child, the self proclaimed God fearing Edna Gladney organization would BILL the pregnant teen a ridiculous amount of money. He also told them (and meant it) that he would hire legal help to fight their billing. A teen cannot enter into a legal contract so there is that. Edna Gladney backed down and I owed nothing. This place is a baby selling machine and that is all. They give a lot of hype how they help teens with education, job placement, etc. I never got any of that. I was a low payed factory worker.