I was born on October 9, 1978. My mother Terri Ann Andrews,(Rowley at the time),says my father Winfred Leroy Shields was engaged to two people at the same time. She says that she met my father through the Catholic CHurch youth group. My father was aprox. 32 at the time and my mother 20. They got 'engaged' and my father bought her a promise ring. He was also engaged to a woman named Lyn(n) (spelling unsure). My mother found out and so did Lyn(n). They told him he had to choose, since my mother was pregnant with me, he picked her. According to my mother he called Lyn(n) back the next day and told her my mother didn't want him. When my mother found out she left my father. She says he had Lyn(n) call the hospital on the day of my birth to find out about me. That was the last my mother saw of him. My mom says that he married Lyn(n). Six years later my mother got married herself. My new dad wanted to adopt me and so my parents asked a friend of theirs who was a divorce lawyer to help with the adoption. According to my mother letters were sent to my father, he never responded. On the day of my adoption they called him to get permission, but he never answered the phone. So they showed up on the door step to get the papers signed. My mother told me that when I turned eighteen I could see him. She says he's in CA. My aunt said a friend of hers saw him and Lyn(n) at a grocery store in or around Simi Valley a little over a year ago. My mother said that since he was unlisted I could ask the lawyer who went to his house twelve years earlier to get any info I could on his whereabouts. Now I am nineteen. I never got a chance to call the lawyer. Yesterday I asked my mom for the lawyers name so I could get a hold of him. My mother said that the husband of one of his clients shot and killed him. She said his wife remarried and that I would have to contact his firm or find his office to get ahold of records... I don't even know his name. I do know that my Father married a mormon woman in Salt Lake City Utah, before moving to CA. They had a son and a daughter and his wife annuled the marriage, although I don't know why. SOmetimes I wonder, is my father looking for me... did my mother lie to me... I know I'm hers..no doubt about that. I have a port wine stain on my face, it's hard to mix me up with other babies. I have pictures of her holding me on my birth day. I was born in The Fountain Valley hospital at twelve minutes before 5 pm. My father's name was never put on the birth certificate, but when I was adopted, my new dad's name was. So according to my birthcertifacte my Step-dad is my father. Is my mother telling me the truth. Is my father really 'a jerk' or did my mother get mad at him and not want me around him? Please help me... I don't know what to do anymore. My aunt lori showed me a picture of him last summer, past that the only thing I have is my mother's promise ring which I know where. It's a simple gold band with a ruby, my mother's birth stone. Five years ago we moved to KY, my dad got transferred. I'm a freshman in college, I attend NKU. I myself am now promised and am planning on getting married on April 23, 2000 (our three year aniversarry). I really would like to talk with my father. My mother says he will hang up the phone. I know this might sound silly, but I'd like to at least give him the chance to talk to me or hang up. ANy help that you can give me would be greatly appreciated. additional info- My father was born in 1946, possibly aprilKimberly Andrews 756
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