How can I find a person if I do not know their name?

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I was told this weekend by an uncle that I have a sibling. I am 33 and they would be about 29 or 30. My bio dad is a jerk, left me and obviously left these people a few years later. He will not fess up that it is true. However my uncle can not remember the name of the child's mother or the child. 

Is there any way to find out who they are? I know they were likely born in California since that is where the mom lived when she got pregnant. He bailed out of Cali when he found out he was going to be a dad for the second time.  I do not know the mother or child's name.  I promise you that my biodad would not even hear me if i asked him.  That is not a viable request.

Please help. I would love to find this person. I have always been an only child. Thanks.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

You could try a post on a surname board in GenForum and Ancestry. If your dad's last name is Smith or Johnson, it would be hopeless. If it is Rojolinski, you have some hope. Not much, but some.

If your half-sibling is interested, AND (big "and") he/she knows the bio dad's surname, he/she may look there.

Ancestry has a subscription data base of California births, but you can't search it by father's first name, just child's surname, county and year. If your bio dad's woman got disgusted with him early enough, she might have given the child her surname instead of his. 

All in all, I rate your chances one in a million.

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