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I have been asked to help assist a 40-year-old man in CA, perhaps, determine his ancestry (hopefully, his father).
Because this can be such a touchy subject, if you decide to respond, please use this email address: SharonBryant(a)cox.net.
The man has had DNA testing done to 67 markers and there is an overabundance of matches with men in the Clendenin/Glendinning project. For this reason he asked to join our project and I agreed before having all the details.
He is not doing his own research as he is incarcerated in Folsom prison and is working through a volunteer researcher at the Iowa Genealogy Society. He is, supposedly, in for life as a result of the Three Strikes Law. If anyone living in California knows that not to be the case for felony convictions PLEASE let me know immediately.
He was tested through the Adoptees project. The man whose name appears on his birth certificate was located after a year's search and also submitted a sample for testing. They do not match and therefore, are not father & son.
Briefly, he was conceived c 1967; his mother was a waitress living and working in California. She does not remember the father's name but thinks it might have been Doug. The father was involved with race cars near Hawthorne CA.
That is all the information I have at this time. It is totally up to you whether you respond or not based on any information you might have. Remember, contact me off the list at SharonBryant(a)cox.net.
Sharon Bryant
Clendenin/Glendinning
Project Administrator