I believe down deep in my heart that I have an older sister born sometime around 1950 in Caldwell or Wilkes County, North Carolina, who is most likely bi-racial. My father, Buel "Bill" Pearson, served twenty years in the U.S. Army and was wounded in the Korean War. I was born in 1952 in San Antonio, Texas. The following year, Daddy married my mother. They had three more children, a daughter and two sons. When I was in my 30's, we learned we had a half-brother who was born in Louisiana in 1953. Johnny traveled to North Carolina to meet us and has become an integral part of our family. Daddy died in 1997, never having acknowledged my sister's existence to me or to our siblings.
Twenty some years later, I learned we also had an older brother. Randy was born in 1949 in Tacoma, Washington, where Daddy had been briefly stationed on his way to Korea. My husband Harvey and I flew to Washington to meet Randy and his family. Having grown up as the oldest child, I always longed for an older brother. Randy is everything I could wish for in a big brother. Since laying our father to rest in 1987, I have been haunted by thoughts of my older sister and would be blessed beyond measure if I could find her. No matter our differences, we are bound by the blood of our father. She is my sister, and I am hers.
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There are neighborhood Facebook groups. You can contact the admin of tne group in the area you think your sister was born or raised and ask if you can join the group to post your story.
I think you need to look for your sister by posting a picture of your father when he was young. Perhaps your sister or her mother have a photo of your father.
I hope you're able to find your half sister. I wish you the very best in your search.
Take a DNA test.
Upload your DNA results to as many websites as possible.
Take additional DNA tests with other companies.
Contact your state.
Find and register with adoption registries.
Learn how to do genealogy research.
Talk to older known relatives.
Take advantage of social media.
Google your search.
Hire a private investigator.
whoareyoumadeof.com/
namecensus.com/
Search on social media by posting your story.
You may hire a private investigator who has the skills and know-how to successfully find siblings. I think only they may be able to get you the answers you need in a timely and affordable manner.
it sounds like you may know some states involved. try looking up cities or the state facebook pages. there you can put out feelers like you did here. i hope you find her.
Frances,
I wish I had more to offer than has been suggested. I don't. I do have a suggestion, though. It might be a good thing if you joined Family Search. The membership is free.
Your father and mother are listed there. So are your father's parents. There is no entry for your parents marriage. You could add that information
There are no listings for any children they had. You could also add any of your deceased siblings and half siblings by your father. You can even make notations that half siblings were not children of your mother.
In essence, you would be starting your family tree. Information begets information. In 1916, North Carolina began requiring all births be registered with the state. If you have a half sister born around 1950, her birth should be on file. Hopefully, your father was listed as the father.
I wish you luck. On family Search, your father's ID# is GZYY-QW5 and your mother's ID# is LCX4-T2T
Doug
Hello Frances,
It seems your father was a busy man, but its nice that you have been able to find your half-brothers and hopefully will soon locate your half-sister.
Im glad to see that 'likekinds' provided information about Family Search.
Please follow up on joining as this is a very good site for doing any family research. Im still working on my family tree. Its a slow process but Ive located some interesting relatives that were unknown to me.
I would suggest you use all social media sites to present your story; using your father's name and picture as much as possible.
The following sites may also be of help.
www.facebook.com/
www.wikihow.com/
www.thriftyfun.com/
I might search your half-sister using your DNA. When you get your DNA test results, you will see a DNA match list with your closest relatives at the top. You should choose an autosomal DNA testing company with a very large database, because the larger the database of DNA samples, the bigger the chance that your half-sister has also tested with that company. Better start with Ancestry DNA, this company has about 18 million DNA samples in their database whoareyoumadeof.com/
Then you can upload your DNA file to other sites, for example My Heritage DNA, Family Tree DNA,
Gedmatch. whoareyoumadeof.com/
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