I Found Her

Ok, so here is my story. I was born in Oceanside, CA on March 19, 1987. My mother was 20 years old and had no support from her family or my father... so she did what she needed to do to give me the life that she wanted for me. I was given to Randy and Stacey Yagi, who have been two of the best parents any child could hope for. Yes, we have had some trials to go through, however, I feel like it has made me a much stronger person.

So I am now 23 and about five years ago was when I really started having a desire to find my birth mother. The main reason was to find out medical history and to figure out why I look the way that I do. As the years have passed by I have figured out that there could also be some personality traits and talents that I have gotten from her, so that gave me even more of a craving to find out where I come from!

Just the other day... Yesterday to be exact, I was watching that new t.v. show "Who Do You Think You Are". It is a show about celebrities who go back in their past to find out about their ancectry. It got me thinking about my mother again and I finally asked my parents for her full name. I always knew that they knew her but I never really asked. So, after finding out her name I thought I would google her to see if I could find an address to write to or a phone number to call but I got nothing. I then wondered if she would possibly be on facebook... I searched her name and only one Dorain Cassell came up. She graduated high school in '85 which made sense because my parents said that she was 20 when I was born, then it said that she attended El Camino High School. I googled that and found that there was an El Camino High in Oceanside, CA. Ding, ding, ding, we had a winner. So I wroter her a message,
"Hi
I'm sitting here with my mom and dad, Randy and Stacey Yagi. I was asking my mom about my birth mother and got your name and thought I'd see if you were on facebook. Please write back if you would like to chat.
Ellie"

I heard back from her about an hour and a half later confirming that she was my birth mother. I couldn't believe it. I was so happy but at the same time really nervous. This has been something I had been wanting to find out for years and here it was in just moments. Facebook works miracles!!! HAHA. So I found my birth mother and found out that on top of that I have a little brother, another little brother! His name is Lucas and he is 16. I am just starting to get to know them and I am planning on traveling to visit them in May. I will keep posting all interesting information!