Richard Strayer
Honor Code SignatorySigned 21 Jan 2020 | 83 contributions | 2 thank-yous | 522 connections
I was adopted at 7 months old. It is my understanding this was not a legal adoption and I was sold for 20,000 dollars and a car. I have been searching for the pieces of my puzzle that directed my life.
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Featured Female Poet connections: Richard is 17 degrees from Anne Bradstreet, 27 degrees from Ruth Niland, 30 degrees from Karin Boye, 29 degrees from 照 松平, 19 degrees from Anne Barnard, 38 degrees from Lola Rodríguez de Tió, 27 degrees from Christina Rossetti, 19 degrees from Emily Dickinson, 30 degrees from Nikki Giovanni, 22 degrees from Isabella Crawford, 23 degrees from Mary Gilmore and 21 degrees from Elizabeth MacDonald on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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