I was born with the name of:
Do you recognize me? Do I look a little familiar to you? Are you curious about the son that you so unselfishly gave up for adoption back in 1955? Read on and see if we can't jog your memory.
Lets be clear about this, I did not put this page up because I am unhappy with my Adoptive Parents. In fact, I couldn't have had better parents. They were God loving, family loving, hard working people that were great role models for me and my brothers and sister.
I put this page up for one obvious reason, I am curious. Curious about my past and my medical history.
You don't really think about it too much until you are in a doctors office and they ask you if you have any medical conditions in your family. I always have to answer with "I don't know". That doesn't help me or the doctor out very much.
I would love to know who my birth parents are or were and also if I have any blood siblings. It would be fantastic to actually meet any of them but that is the furthest thing from my mind right now. Just getting some history and facts about them would be enough to allow me to stop wondering about my past.
I understand that my birth porents may not want me to show up at their doorstep one day. They may not even want to talk or meet. They could completely deny my existance for one reason or another. I absolutly must and will respect that. I do not want to break up anyones home or bring up bad memories.
Like I said before, If I never get to meet or even find out any information about my birth parents, I will still be the same guy that is from a good, Christian, loving home and has no regrets about how things turned out.
Please check out the rest of this page and see if maybe you might see a resemblance in me. If you do, contact me please and we can talk over the phone or email or even meet in person if you want. it will be your decision.
As you persue this page, I will give you all the facts that I know that came from my Addoptive Parents. Hopefully, this information will be familiar enough for one of my relatives to come forth and contact me.
I was born with the name of Robert Francis Cooper on August 18, 1955 in Detroit Mi. My Mother was 16 years old and un-married. She was Catholic. This I know because she adopted me out through the Catholic Family Adoption Center in Detroit. My Birth Mother was told that she had to decide about adopting me out within my first 3 months of life. I'm sure this was due to the possibility of her bonding with me and making any type of separation extremely traumatizing for both of us.
My Birth Mother waited until I was 2 months and 3 weeks old before she handed me over. I was then adopted on November 11, 1955. This date has been forever known as our "Family Day" because it's the date that my Adoptive Parents started their family.
My Adoptive Parents are named James Franklin and Delores Joy Bale. My Father was born in Chicago and was a Police Officer with the Pontiac, Mi. Police force. We moved from Pontiact to Palm Springs, Ca. then to Sheridan Wyoming where he got his first Chief of Police job. We then moved to Sierra Madre, ca then subsequantly to the city of Whittier. He retired in 1990 and passed away in 2004.
My Mother was born in Keego Harbor, Mi. After her kids were old enough to take care of themselves, she went to work as an Interior Designer where she became very successful. They were both always very active in our schools and our church.
Upon my adoption, my Adoptive Parents changed my name to
Here is a picture of me on my first day at my new home. Holding me is my Adoptive Mother. Below is a picture of me at 10 months.
Here is a picture of me at around 2 years of age.
This is a school picture of me. I was maybe 5 or 6 years old here.
Another school picture of me at the age of around 10 or 11.
This picture was taken of me just before attending a school dance. I was in 7th grade at the time.
This is a picture of me in my early 20's
The pictures of me with the beard were taken while I was in my 30's and 40's
I joined the U.S. Army in 1974 at the age of 18. I served in Germany and was Honorbly Discharged in 1976. While in Germany I married my High School sweetheart. After getting out of the Army and returning to the USA, we had a baby boy. We named him James Anthony Bale.
The following pictures represent pretty much how I look today. They were taken at various times between 1995 to the present.
<-----The picture on your left is a family photo taken around 1972.
The photo of my Adoptive Parents on your right was taken around 1968. ---->
My Contact Information is as follows:
I live in Whittier, Ca.
My phone num,ber is: (562) 307-0170
