Saturday, January 3, 2015

Don't know why it is so difficult to navigagte Google and Blogger. Probably one reason why I don't come here often. Any way, I have found exciting things. I found a picture of my biological father and I know it may not be much, but it was a big deal to me. I also have found other information on him, such as the newspaper articles which state he was shot and killed in Miami. I guess seeing it was more convincing to me than having my mother tell me the story of meeting his cousin outside of where she works and him relaying this story. Also his cousin had a heart attack or a major health issue, so he does not work there any more. So I found the picture in a yearbook. Ancestry had new yearbooks online. It started with looking for a high school picture of my adopted dad in Washington DC. Then I found the yearbooks for Catholic University, and I thought , oh...I wonder if there is a picture of my Grandfather (Opa) in there. I go to the index and Stapf was not in there but as I am scrolling I see the last name Palomo and first it didn't hit me. I'm like , oh look....my dads (Biological) name and there is the address I have for him. And then it hit me, there is probably a picture of him. And I look. I had been told I looked like him. I always wanted to know what he looked like. And there he was. In black and White, a man who looked like me when I was younger. I also found more pictures of him and that his middle initial ia A. I have found out other information, such as I have 4 other half siblings. I found the family on Facebook and sent something to the oldest son and even to his wife, which I know is probably taboo, but the way I look at it is....it happened before they were married and it was 54 years ago. I also documented this on Ancestry. I want it out in the digital world. I will not let this go unknown. I am the daughter of Jorge Antonio Palomo Sol. He was from San Salvador, El Salvador. And my mother had a relationship with him.


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