Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 15, Number 5, 1 Mei 1998 — FATHER SEARCH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FATHER SEARCH

I am trying to find my biological father. My mother, Meta "Mieki" Shockley, was in Hawai'i in 1974 when she was 18. My father, Antonio Ancheta, was in his late 20s to early 30s and worked on an oil rig. My mother lived with his family at the Tongg Ranch. He had manv brothers and

sisters. Antonio's mother looked very young and ran a hot dog stand. My father's family took my mother to the hospital because she was ill. Dr. Matsuoka said she was pregnant. My mother stayed at an unwed mother's home run by nuns who wanted her to give me up. She wanted to keep me so she left and had me in Ohio. It was hard growing up because my mother is pale and I am dark. I always looked different. A teacher even told me that my mother was not my mother. Now I would like my father to know he has some wonderful grandchildren. I would like to know if he has other ehil-

I dren. I feel deprived | of my heritage. This is my last hope. Heather Noel Clark via the lnternet f Editor's note: Ms. I Clark's address is f 4403 Rachel Blvd„ ! Spring Hill, FL I 34607.

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Ka Leo Kaiaulu

Heather Clark in a current photo.