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I was adopted in 1959 by an irish immigrant named Charles Joseph Byrne and his wife Marion Temple Holland both from Baltimore Maryland at the time. What I know now as of 1991 is that I was taken from my real mother who was 29 at the time of my birth she was Italian and Irish her name was Anthonia. I would love to find out more about her as well. Anyway the true information I do have from the Children's Adoption Agency in Baltimore is that the family did not want me to be raised with them so that is why the adoption ocurred. Since then my biological mother has been hospitalized numerous times and has had shock treatments in order to get thru a day. I'm not sure just what brought on the need for all this except I did receive a letter stating all the problems she incurred were after I was born. They never told her about me but a person doesn't go thru 9 months of birth to a child and not realize something about their body is different. So back to the original information I was concerned about. My adoptive father had parents residing in Philadelphia, PA Charles was born 1923 he was the fourth of seven. Father's name Thomas A. Byrne mother Mary Veronica Byrne her maiden escapes me currently. They had best friends named the Cassidys. His father was a policeman.His mother apparently worked two jobs for awhile. The oldest daughter was Marie she died of TB at the age of 21. The next oldest was a son named Thomas he died at the age of 48 from liver complications colon cancer and lung cancer. The next oldest was Margaret she died at the age of 48 also from lung cancer and never smoked. Charles the fourth child died at the age of 66 he was the first child to live past 50, He died of complications stemming from heart attacks, strokes, and stomach cancer. There also was a baby sister that died at the age of 2. The remaining two children are Nancy and Jimmy. Both still are alive and reside in Pennsylvania today.I think that this a little information to start with. More info email deborah byrne tuza at dtuza@home.com. Thanks
Last updated Dec 24, 1998