num_pages: 170
description: Knowing where you came from often determines who you are...At the age of 46 Nancy Feldman knew how her doctor appointment would go. They would ask her about her familys health history and she would hear the doctors familiar sigh after she answered I dont know Im adopted.Being perfectly happy with the loving family she had Feldman never took an interest in finding her biological parents until diagnosed with a disease that she passed on to her son. Suddenly Nancys lack of family history was affecting someone else.Writing to the Nebraska Childrens Home Society for help the adoption agency assigned Nancys case to Rebecca Crofoot. This began a 17-year journey between the two women who were determined to find information about a family that might not know or want to know Nancy existed.Family Medical History: Unknown/Adopted is a heart-warming story of personal medical genealogical and emotional discovery.
language: English
title: Family Medical History: Unknown/Adopted: How One Inquiry Led to Many Unexpected Discoveries
publisher: Becknan Books