SEARCHING FOR BIRTH RELATIVES
Michael Purling
- Searching Regiser Data Manager
and IT Advisor, based
in NSW Australia.
mpurling@ramp.com.au
Indigo Willing -
Searching Info Guide, AVI
founder, based in QLD, Australia
adoptedvietnamese@hotmail.com
Jennifer Szetho
- Has some info from her search,
resides in VIC, Australia.
AVA Web
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below. Extra advice on searching has kindly been shared and
provided by members of groups such as Operation Reunite, Amerasian
Family Finder, Origines Vietnam, VAN and ICASN. Thank you
to the Operation Babylift volunteers as well such as Sr Susan McDonald,
John Douglas and Ian Frame.
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*Note:
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Willing is currently
studying FT and looking after her child so please be patient for
updates
to this page and others. Thanks to the volunteers
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IS THIS YOU?
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RECENT AND ARCHIVE SEARCHES BELOW - Please request AVI Searching
Register for more
From Robert Tomlin
Hello
I am trying to find a family member who lived in Siagon or HCMC in
1971-1972. All I have is a picture which is attached. Any
help would be greatly appreciated. Please post my email and
contact information.
Robert Tomlin
lonewolf_24_24@hotmail.com
Updated search - January 2009
Formerly Search File: VNS2001/8a (AVI
no longer uses searching file no.s - please sees Michael Purling for
latest excel register details)
SEARCHING FOR MOTHER -
"I was born on the 5th of April 1971 in Khan Hung, Saigon or Bion Hoa,
Southvietnam, in an
orphanage/shelter run by Australian social worker, Rosemary Taylor. My
birth mothers name was Ngo
Thi Bong, my name was Ngo Thi My Hoa. There was no father on record.
Ms. Taylor nicknamed me "Rosamunde" during the year I lived in that
orphanage. In 1972 I was adopted by a Swiss couple. Mr.
Hans and Mrs. Ruth Holzhammer through the Swiss organization "Terre Des
Hommes". Marion writes 10 Jan 2009 that "If anyone has
any information about the circumstances of my birth, birthmother Ngo
Thi Bong, or knows who the
unnamed father was, please contact us. cheesman@gmx.ch
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March 2008
Looking for former orphans from Minh
Tri orphanage, Saigon, who
evacuate to Sydney, on flight C-130 in April 75. Cdr. and Mrs.
John
Krall shared time with the orphans in 72-74 in Saigon. Cdr. Krall
assisted in their departure from Saigon in 1975.
Mrs. Krall will be visiting Sydney and Adelaide in mid April 2008
and would love to share many photos of the little ones with them,
now grown up young ladies and men.
Any assistance in locating the grown up Minh Tri Orphans will be
greatly appreciated!
Please contact Yung Krall at yungkrall@bellsouth.net or visit
http://www.lyhuong.net/web/modules/news/article.php?storyid=224.
PHOTO: Emmanuelle
Babey
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PHOTOS: Patricia DeMaere (nee
Krug).
She writes, "I was adopted in 1968...I would like to retrace my origins
and family in Vietnam. Would you be able to help me? On my birth
certificate it is written Duong thi kim son born 20 May 1964 in Saigon.
" For more email for the searching table or contact Patricia
directlyl at de_maere@iprimus.com
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December 2007
Noel Kern writes:
I am looking to find my birth family.
I was abandoned with my twin sister at the Viet-Hoa Orphanage in
Saigon. The nun that was in charge at the time was Sister Robert Du
S.C. Nguyen Thi Tron.
The birthday listed on my birth certificate is July 1973 to unknown
parents. I was adopted to a family in Ohio between September 1973 and
January 1974.
The vietnamese names my sister and I were given were - Doan Hong Hanh
(myself) and Doan Hong Phuc (my sister).
I have attached a photo of my sister & I and one of us with Sister
Robert. Please contact me at jnkern@charter.net with any
information.
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September 2007
From: luanhak <luanhak@gmail.com>
Date: 19 September 2007 8:25:33 PM
To: "Indigo Willing" <adoptedvietnamese@hotmail.com>
Cc: adoptedvietnameseinternational@yahoogroups.com,
van-online@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Please help an old lady to find her son.
Dear all
Following is some informatin that i have catched. Some family want to
find out them child had been taken during babylift times. That family i
had met along time ago, but i wasn't know how to help them. By the
chance i found your group! I hope you are willing to help them.
Looking for:
Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong.
Born: 1967
Father: Nguyen Van Hoang
Mother: Nguyen Thi The.
Her mother give her for Thi Nghe orphanage by 1971.
Her mother had returned to took her home, but some people working in
Thi Nghe orphanage said that Phuong had been taken on board to Swiss or
Sweden around the year 1974
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Looking for:
Nguyen Thi Tuyet My
Born: 1970
Father: Nguyen Van Huong
Mother: Pham Thi Trang
1975, because of pooring, her family took her to Go Vap orphanage.
Now, her elder sister named Nguyen Thi Minh Trung wanna find her.
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Looking for:
Tran Dinh Tung - Born: 1968
And Tran Dinh Hieu born 1971
Father: Tran Phung (blind)
Mother: Le Thi Phut (died)
In 1975, the sibling aunt of these children named Tran Thi
Kien(Buddhist nun), whom are used to called as eldest sister (Chi cả -
Vietnamese). Ms, Kien took them to Go Vap orphanage.
After 1975, the father and family came to this orphanage for finding
out these child but it said that they were taken on board to America.
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Best Regards
Minh Luan.
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6 May 2007
"Searching for loss family:
I believe I was on one of the first planes that left Saigon in April
1975. Below is what I know:
1. Vietnam ese name: Nguyen Tan Loc, A.K.A. Nye Tan
Loi
2. Orphanage stayed at : Go Vap Orphanage, Gia Dinh
3. Hospital born at: Gia Dinh, Hospital: Hiep Binh, Tu Duc, Gia
Dinh
4. People who signed my release papers were Sister Doan Thi Khen,
Sister Kateri Koverman and Vu Thi Bich Ngoc.
When I came to states, I was at the New York Foundling Hospital in
Brooklyn, New York and was adopted through Angel Guardian Home.
If you know or think you know about my history, pls contact me at
jamesterpenning@yahoo.com or call me at 937-477-7881.
I thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
God Bless.
James"
Thank you in advance for posting this message on you all website.
James
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The additional below posts
represent only a small number of people that have contacted AVI in the
past searching for family or others lost during the Vietnam
war.
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Reply Post:
Notice
2002 !!!
Family or Friends of Truong Thi Dao
I have information re the missing father of a daughter born
1971 to Truong
Thi Dao. Dao was from Cu Chi and was a resident of Ho Chi
Minh City in
1970-71.
Replies may be sent to TC57421@aol.com
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Reply Post:
Notice 2002 !!!
Please
let the person searching - Louis J. Kochanek Search File: VNS2001/14 in this case email me.
Sincerely
Brian Hjort brihj@mail.danbbs.dk
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Original Post:
February
2003 - Father searching for son
thomas sprague
Email: popeye@maineline.net
Hi, my name is Thomas
Sprague. I was in Viet Nam in 66. I may have a son
or daughter looking for me. I was at
the Third Field Hospital, and
stationed just outside the air field in
Tahn Son Nhut. I was well know by
the locals as "T-T" I would
appreciate any help you could give me.
Thomas Sprague popeye@maineline.net
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Original Post:
January 2003 Searching for mother
John Cuong Nguyen
email: nguyenj@ncr.disa.mil
Baby boy, Dalat Hospital, June or July
1962, searching for birth mother.
I was born in Dalat Hospital in June or July 1962. I was adopted
right 3,4
days after that. A Catholic Nun who worked at the hospital helped to
process
adoption paper. The Nun and my mother were present in the room when a
relative of the adoptee family
picked me up from her bed. I was told my mother was between 20-30 years
old
at that time, long hair, speaking with accent from Da-nang or other
city in
the middle of Vietnam.
During last several years, I have been actively searching for my
mother. If
she is still alive somewhere, or anyone knows information
about this matter, please help me to find her.
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Original Post:
14 August 2002 Searching for
mother
Email Howard Marlow: howardmarlow@yahoo.com
I was born 10/22/1973 as Nguyen Hoang
Thong. I am
looking for any birth family. My mother's name is
Nguyen Thi Cai. I was born in Vinh Long, Vietnam
and adopted out of the Good Shepard orphanage through
Friends of All Children agency.
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Original Post:
26 July 2002 - Unidentified Mother of
Amerasian Child
Email: jazzi32000@attbi.com
Hello, my name is Sania and I'm looking for the women in this picture.
I don't have a name but my father had a daughter with her during the
vietnam war. He doesn't remember her name. Just thought I'd try to see
if I could locate here or if maybe her face came up in a file. PHOTO
click here for image
Thank You Sania
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Original Post:
July 7, 2002 - Viet parents
looking for son
Please contact us at NgoMinh000@cs.com
Vietnam Adoption ( Go Vap Orphanage )
- Quang’s pix (the one we got on Dec. 1972)
Dao Van Thanh, he lived with her mother until the age of three. Unable
to care for him, his mother brought him to Go Vap Orphanage, and
wasadopted by American around June to Dec 1972.
Below are informations that we knowabout our son since he was in Go Vap
Orphanage in Sai Gon and left there aroundJune to December 1973.
He was brought to the United States when he was 3 years old (wasborn
1970). His name was as Dao Van Thanh when he lived in Go Vap Orphanage.
Hewas brought to The United States for adoption between June to Dec.
1972.Thepaper work was made by a member of Thong Thien Hoc Christian
Church named Lan(The Church located at Phu Nhuan area in Sai Gon).
Then, we received a pictureof him on December 1972 with a sign on the
back of the picture named Quangwhich different from his real name Dao
Van Thanh.
Above are all informations that we know about him.
We really appreciated helping us to find out our son.
Please contact us at NgoMinh000@cs.com
Sincerely,
Father’s name : Dao HoaPhuc
Mother’s name : NguyenThi Tuyet
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Original Post:
July 3, 2002
E-Mail Address:
tigerlily765@hotmail.com
Hi. My name is Margaret and I am
looking for my Vietnamese brother who was
born, I believe, in 1965 in the village of Phu-hoam Binh-Duong in South
Vietnam. We had an aunt who gave me up for adoption in 1969, her name is
Lam-Thi-Hue. I was her sister's daughter and I was born in 1967. My
parent's (who I have been told are deceased) are named Nguyen-Van-Hung
and
Lam-Thi-Lam. My brother's name is Moi or Moy (and translated means
*salt of
the earth*) my name was Ngeyen-Gnoc-Giau, but has since been changed to
Margaret Please contact me if you have any knowledge of the above
mentioned
relatives of mine. I would be interested in contacting any aunts,
cousins,
or relatives that I have. Margaret
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Original Post:
June 30, 2002
Email: skbarbknecht@aol.com
Searching For: Cynthia Ann Schwagel,
or Thu Lam (Mother of)
Cynthia Ann Schwagel born sometime in 1967
Place: South Vietnam
Place Last Seen: Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam 1968
Additional Information: Father, Kenneth Francis Schwagel,
died August 18,1968 at Cam Ranh Bay, AFB South Vietnam.
Mother, Thu Lam, originally from Dalat, South Vietnam. Lived in Hue,
South Vietnam.
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Original Post:
March 22, 2002
ngo suong
email: suong97206@yahoo.com
I was adopt in 1975 by an american family in seattle.
I would like to find my vietnamese family. Please
e-mail me at suong97206@yahoo.com with any help you
can provide. I only have my birth certificate with my
mother's full name, profession and home town.
Replies:
Dear Ngo, Suong
I suggest you check http://www.darlo.tv/indigo/VVltoz.html to see if your orphanage info is listed if you have that
information and then detail your birth certificate to Susan McDonald who is travelling in Vietnam
April 2002 but be patient, her replies are genuine and generous.
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Original Post (relatives have now been found)
Email: fagardv@hotmail.com
Véronique Fagard
"I left Saigon on April 1975. I was adopted by a Belgian family.
I'm looking for my vietnamese family.
Here are the information I have about them :
Name of one of my brother : Nguyen Ngoc Phu
Name of one of my sister : Pham Thi Thao
Name of my mother : Pham Khac Ninh
Name of my father : Nguyen Thi Hoi
I was the 9th child and a brother is born after my departure to Belgium (his
name is Hieu)
The last address I know is Dia Chi 231 lau 2lo S
Chung cu Ngo Gia Tu
Phung 3, Quan 10
TP Ho Chi Minh.
If someone can help me, it will be wonderful !! "
Replies:
28 March 2002
Edited email to AVI..."One month ago, you gave me the email address of Susan McDonald.
We believe I have found my birth mother. I would like just to thank you for the significant information."
-Véronique Fagard
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Date 11 Feb 2002
I have information re the missing father of a daughter born 1971 to Truong
Thi Dao. Dao was from Cu Chi and was a resident of Ho Chi Minh City in
1970-71. Replies may be sent to TC57421@aol.com
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Original Post:
Daniel Brown
Email: danangdaniel@yahoo.com
Date: 8 Feb 2002
-Looking
for lost family members
-My
name is Tri, I was born 1967 or 1968 not far from the Ben Hai River
(river seperating N and S Vietnam) my brother’s name is Hung
-My
mother and I were evacuated by US army helicopter and stayed at the
military base for a couple of days before going to a nearby village
-I
lived with a family with two siblings: a boy about 1 year older and a
girl about 1 year younger than me. The girl is roughly 31 or 32 years
now and the boy 34 or 35years
-I
was dropped off at a nearby church when my mother did not come back to
claim me ( around 1972)
Photo of Daniel here
Replies:
I would be a bit careful with
distributing flyers in Danang. . . On your flyers there are two
addresses of Orphanages in Danang.
Try to find them and speak with them. Maybe they find you in their
records and know from which church you were brought from. Also,
there might be a Red Cross in Danang, where you might want to ask
whether they can help. Finally, you could try to get to the local
newspaper and tell your story. Maybe they are willing to publish an
article - or at least post kind of an ad (maybe for a bit of money) -
SP, Hanoi
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Original Post:
Jason Weber
Email: jpwsdm@yahoo.com.au
Date: 3 December 2001
I was wondering if you may be able to
help.
I am trying to locate the birth mother of my
partner. He was born in Vietnam in 1971 & brought
out to Australian in 1975.
We have plenty of documentation stating birth place,
mothers name etc. Looking forward to your positive response.
Orphanage is Bethany.
Thanking you in advance
Replies:
From Veronica: Hi, I've come from
Bethany Orphanage and have passed on the contact details to
Jason. If anyone else would like to know, just email me
ronney@centralonline.com.au
From Indigo: There are Pictures of
Bethany orphanage by a Viet Vet at the website:-
http://members.aol.com/spur317b/bethany.htm
From Linh Lam: If you're talking about
Bethany Christian Services and their current work,
feel free to contact Michael Viola-Vu. He's based in Michigan and worked
to set up Bethany Christian Service's adoption program and a
nutrition
center in the north. Michael was supposed to speak at the first
Mam Non
Day but was called away to Vietnam at the last minue... Just tell
him I
referred you. You can e-mail me for more info
info@mamnon.org
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Original Post:
Thi-Le Hang Nguyen/Miss Nguyen Matthias
Date: 3 December 2001
Email: magnet@chariot.net.au
I left Ho-Chi Minh in 1975 and was
adopted to a wonderful Australian
family. After 26 years, I have decided to return to Vietnam and spend a
month
travelling throughout the country. During my stay, i would like to
visit the orphanage where I last left. The orphanage is called
Thong
Thien Hoc 466 Vo Di Nguy Road Phu Nhuan. Can you please tell me if
it
still exists?
Replies:
From Indigo: I am from the Theosophic
Orphanage in Gia Dinh Thong Thien Hoc in 1972. I was contacted by
a former worker from the War who now lives in American but I lost her
email. Cherie Clarke from IMF has a photo of this orphange in her
book and remembers some people there. she is now based in Hanoi (see
AVI charity page)
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Original Post:
Anne Roper
Email:anneroper@ireland.com
Date: 6 September 2001
Hello. I am an Irish TV producer and
director working on a
documentary on Irish born Vietnam veterans. One of my interviewees
was stationed near Kim Chau and Cam Rahn Bay during the Vietnamese
war (his tour of duty spanned 1968-1972). During his frequent off
time (he worked in admin) he volunteered at the Kim Chau
orphanage.
He was Catholic and Kim Chau was run by Vietnamese nuns. Do you
know
where I might look to find out if the orphanange still exists? I
know it's a long shot...but if you can help in any way, please
contact me at anneroper@ireland.com
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Original Post:
Christine A. Simonson
Email: chris@simonson.com
Date: 26 August, 2001
I am trying to help a friend search
for siblings transported to the US on
April 2, 1975. There were three brothers, all sent to the US. I have a
photo from the Associated Press, dated April 2nd, 1975, showing these
children. Can you help me to find an agency that could possibly help
this
young man and his mother (the mother of the 3 boys as well) locate or at
least try and locate their family?
Thank you for any assistance or guidance you can give me in this matter.
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Original Post:
Anh Tra (Former Search File: VNS2001/1)
Email: AnhT@jumerscri.com
I am looking for my aunt's son. She is
now in Vietnam and have been living in pain for years after she left
her 5 years old boy- Vuong Thanh Hung in a Catholic church in Saigon in
April 1975. She came back to get him a few weeks later but he was on
the flight to America already. If you know other adopted friends,
please let me know there name and how to contact them. My aunt and I
would greatly appreciate your help. Please email me as soon as you can.
Thank you very much.
P.S. I am looking for half Vietnamese
& half American boy who would be around 30 having a big birthmark
on his belly.
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Original Post:
William Lovett (Former Search File:
VNS2001/2)
Email: william_l_30080@yahoo.com
I am seeking the e-mail address of
Mary Payne Nguyen in Vietnam. I sent her an email many mnoths ago at an
email address that evidently is not good anymore. She had agreed to
help me locate my son born in Phouc Vinh South Vietnam in 1968.I would
appreciate any help anyone can give me
Thanks William Lovett
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Original Post:
Kim-Lan Carlson (Former Search
File: VNS2001/4)
Email: goldenorchid@home.com
Kim-Lan Carlson (Formally Duong Thi
Kim-Lan) would like any information regarding searching for birth
parents, she was part of Operation Babylift 1975.
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Original Post:
EL Robinson (Former Search File:
VNS2001/5)
Email: Peng1ice@aol.com
I am an afro-American that was
employed by a helicopter maintance company called N.H.A, Inc in vietnam
during 1972 to 1973. An attractive vietnamese lady befriended me while
trying to find my crew chief or supervisor who had invited me into the
town of Quinhon where this lady lived.Later we became more than friends
was inform in february 1973 of an expectancy.
So i am in search of a 26 year old
amerasian young lady born in and around october of 1973 in Quinhon,
vietnam according to a letter received from her mother telling me that
we had a Dauther. The young lady's life began at a church and she has
in her possession a set of an ex- G I dog tags with the first name of
John..............
She is also believe to an adoptee on
the West Coast probably California and at one time contactacted an
agency called Asian American Initiatives, Inc for help in finding your
Father but no longer in operation.
This information was passed on to me
by this Agency three (3) years ago. There are possibilities that the
young lady in question maybe attending some the vietnamese reunions
that are held various cities Chicago, Baltimore, Colorado, and etc.
Thanks for your help and consideration.
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Original Post:
Phuoc Ta (Former Search File:
VNS2001/6)
Email:: phuoc.ta@hellodirect.com or
phone number 408-363-2050
* SEARCHING FOR SISTER - Phuoc Ta:
Searching for Birth Sister -TA ANH THU (Posted 14th July 2000)
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Original Post:
Thuy Nguyen (Former Search File:
VNS2001/8b)
EMAIL: digitoe@gte.net
To whom it may concern,
During the Vietnam War, my aunt and
her brother were part of the many thousands that were airlifted out of
Vietnam; but they were put on different planes. She has been looking
for over 20 years for him, but still cannot encounter him. Is there any
information you could give us to help us find him? Any public records?
His name is Tuan Anh Phan. He was born in November 1972 (if not 1973).
Thank you.
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Original Post:
Tran Pohl (Former Search File:
VNS2001/10)
Email : Transhirts@aol.com
Search for Birth Parents
I am in search of my birth mother. At
age 8 (almost 9), I was part of the baby lift operation and was adopted
with my two sisters. My birth certificate states the following:
Affidavit serving as a birth
certificate of Tran A Lan
This 14th day of July 1969, 8:00am,
Before me NGO BUT, Deputy President of the Court of the 1st instance of
Quang-Nam at Dan-Nang, being in my office, acting as a Justice of
assisted by Mai Xuam Thiet, Clerk.
Tran A Lan, male, of Vietnamese
Nationality, was born on April 28, 1966 at Hoa-Cuong, Hoa-Vang,
quang-Nam, natural child of Mrs. Tran Thi Hoa.
Witnesses appeared were:
Huyn Thi Chau, ID card #251310 issued
in Saigon Jan 6, 1961, Pham Thi Phuong Thao, ID card #020422 issued at
Da-Nang on May 23, 1962, Nguyen Thi Be, ID# 008505 issued at Da-Nang on
April 6, 1962.
Certification of Authenticity: Pham
Manh Doanh, Head Clerk Saigon, October 22, 1973
Other info:
Was adopted from a Chinese Orphanage
located in downtown Saigon
Was adopted with my two sisters: Lisa
Tran (age 9 at the time, same father) & Angel Tran (age 4, American
Father)
Our father was in the French Military
in Da-Nang
My mother was Thai living in Vietnam/
Vietnamese?Name: Mrs. Tran Thi Hoa
We were baby lifted on the second
plane going through San Francisco, adopted into a family living in
Louisville, KY. , The Pohls
Our story was well documented in the
Louisville newspaper and local tv stations
Any help with finding my birth mother
would be much appreciated
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Original Post
I was raised at the Thong-Thien Hoc
Orphanage, 462 Vo Di Nyug Ave,
Phu-Nam/Phu-Nhuan, Saigon - under the principal at the orphanage,
Nguyen, Thi Lan. I was later moved to the World Vision Hospital and
then escorted by Barbara Ferguson, an Australian nurse working in
Saigon - to Sydney on December 23, 1972 with three other Vietnamese
children. If you have any information on my birth parents please
contact: info@adoptedvietnamese.org
quoting "Huynh Thi Diep Thuy"
My background details are as follows
from my extract from birth records, Ref. No. 1848:
Viet name: Huynh Thi Diep Thuy
Birth: 16/10/71
Place of birth: Hanh Thong Hamlet
Father: unknown
Mother: Huynh Thi Phui/Phai
Occupation: Housekeeper
Address: Go Vap (no other details)
Signed by: Huynh Kim Cho - The Hamlet Chief
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Original Post: UPDATED DETAILS
REQUIRED
*Your contact details were lost
when this information was transferred to a new server, if you wish to
have this notice continued with a contact email please contact us so we
can post your contact email here
Search File: VNS2001/14
Subject: Finding a Lost Family Member
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001
I received a query from a military
colleague who has been trying to locate his Vietnamese wife and son for
years. They are believed to be still in Vietnam (last known location
was Vung Tau) or possibly California. Earlier I was aware that there
were some web sites that helped locate missing family and friends. Can
you help? Sincerely,
Louis J. Kochanek
LtCol USArmy (retired)
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