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Foster Care and Adoption
Robert Russell and Tommie Robert Henderson
Nathaniel Christopher / 16 June 2013 / 6 Comments

(Re)united with my biological brother

These were my father’s glasses: They are the only possession of his that I own. When he died in 2003 the prison hospital shipped me his remaining possessions which amounted to a box of papers, a few b...
Foster Care and Adoption
Montgomery County Alabama Courthouse
Nathaniel Christopher / 9 July 2010 / 1 Comment

Alabama court unseals my father’s birth records!

At long last! The final legal barrier between me and the truth of my heritage was obliterated yesterday. Judge Eugene Reese of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama signed an Order for the A...
Nathaniel Christopher / 12 July 2009

My grandmother’s last known address

When I learned my grandmother’s name yesterday they also gave me her last known address. Unfortunately, that’s all the information they have on her. They don’t have an age, medical h...
Nathaniel Christopher / 9 July 2009 / 4 Comments

Glendora Brooks

“I never answer the phone before noon,” I grumble to my housemate. “It’s nothing but bad news.” “Or, it could be mail!” He retorts. Just before work this morn...
Nathaniel Christopher / 24 November 2008 / 4 Comments

A dissapointing letter

Well, I can’t say today was my favourite day. I got some bad mail. A couple of months ago I petitioned the courts where my father was born to unseal his adoption records. I’ve always been ...