Oh, Kris - what a wonderful story! I had no idea. Thank you so much for telling me about it. Quite a guy, our David, huh??
Ronni
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ronni...david was fostered out when he was a week or two old..he wasnt expected to live because he had so many health problems..he was premature...all thru his life as a foster child, he was sickly...his foster dad refused to adopt him...he told me he never felt comfortable at the dinner table at home...no one looked like him! the Mexican kids in school shunned him, the white kids made fun of him...when he was 27 yrs old his foster mom gave him his baptismal certificate...his birth moms name was on there...to make a long story short, after he found her, he went to see her...she was in the hospital in Wyoming where she had moved, with Lou Gerhings disease..he only had 3 hours with her...she was so happy to see him! she told him she was Apache...they didnt get into his birth dad at all...she was too sick...the next day when he went back to see her, she had died overnight...anyway...thru much research and a lot of hard work, he found her family...they were Chirachua Apache and Isleta Pueblo...he got no help at all from Catholic Charities, or the Social Services system...he did it all on his own...his half brothers knew nothing of their Apache heritage...david has contributed all his info to the family name website and has helped many of his birth family find thier relatives and heritage..he is close to his cousins in New Mexico now, and his Uncle and cousins in Seattle...they really moved around..lol! he has applied to the Isleta Pueblo for enrollment and now the Chirichua/Mescalero nation also...the Chirichua live with the Mescalero on thier rez...last summer he got to go to his cousins home which his great grandfather and great uncles built a hundred years ago...an adobe house...still standing..where his cousin lives...he got to walk in the footsteps of his ancestors on thier land and visit his gg gramma's grave...it was a very spiritual experien! ce for him...Catholic Charities and other government agencies make it very very difficult to find your birth parents and family...Creator guided his footsteps for sure! now he knows who he is...and is so proud of his Ancestors and his heritage..his foster sister has disowned him for finding his heritage...he doesnt care...but it hurt at the time...david was not expected to amount to much...but he fooled them all...he has a Masters degree in Library Science, and two Bacholer degrees, in Geology, and History...he still has many health problems but is very active in Indian issues..he considers himself as Apache/Pueblo, and is so proud of his heritage..he is a real success story in my eyes...to never give up trying to find your relatives! they are waiting and willing to help you if you only ask..
Kris
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