Donnie Meads
Honor Code SignatorySigned 20 Mar 2019 | 315 contributions | 10 thank-yous | 629 connections
Signed 20 Mar 2019 | 315 contributions | 10 thank-yous | 629 connections
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Donnie Meads aka Lowe
Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
Son of William Clarence Meads
and Elaine (Lamm) Parker
[sibling(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Jun 2018
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Biography
I was born 02-14 1954 and put up for adoption at birth. I was adopted one week later by Thurston and Eula Lowe in the same town I was born in. The fact of my adoption was never kept a secret from me as they explained it to me in stories even before I was able to understand the facts. I grew into an understanding as I gained the ability to comprehend. I was always told that it was impossible to find your birth parents and that those records were sealed by the court. Around the mid 1980s I decided to test that fact. I hired someone to help find my birthparents and was given my birth cert with my mother's name and her husband's name. I contacted my mother's family (they were mostly all still local) and have had a great relationship with them since. As it turned out, at least one of them had known who I was but had kept quiet until I came calling. More importantly, to me, she knew who my father was. Not my mother's husband, and so, the reason for adoption. Unfortunately, by then both my parents were gone, having each died within 5 years of my birth. I contacted two members of my fathers family and receivied two small photos for my trouble. These were like gold as there was a pretty good resemblence between the two of us. This pretty much erased any doubts I might have had. Of course, you never know for sure. Fast forward to 2018. Recently got DNA test and there they were, Meads. William Clarence Meads is the name I was given as my father. I'm convinced. There are a lot of Meads here in North Carolina and Virginia so I know there are cousins to find, but I have no children so, I am likely the end of William Clarence Meads' line. Someone, prove me wrong.
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