Tristyn (Lippiatt) Coker

Ancestors

Daughter of David Lippiatt and [private mother (1940s - unknown)]

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DNA

Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Tristyn Mikel Coker (Lippiatt) and her mother Peggy Lee Girard (Edwards) Their MRCAs are Tristyn's children Alina Lippiatt, Ashtan Lippiatt, and Audrey Coker. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Parent/Child, based on sharing 3,475 cM across 55 segments; Confidence: Extremely High, 3,450 cM across 77 segments; Confidence, Extremely High, and 3,444 cM across 64 segments; Confidence: Extremely High consecutively.

Biography

Tristyn Mikel Coker (Lippiatt) was born December 26, 1982 in Bellflower, Los Angeles County, California, United States to David Leroy Lippiatt and Peggy Lee Girard (Edwards) *unmarried to each other*. She grew up in Anaheim, Orange County, California, United States with three of her sisters; older sister Tina Marie Girard, older sister Hope Keala Silva, and younger sister Amber Lynnette Lippiatt.

(She also has one brother David Randall Lippiatt, and three other sisters; Cynthia Marie Lippiatt, Cathy Lynn Lippiatt, and Linda Lee Girard)

Tristyn attended Dr. Jonas E. Salk Elementary School her formative years; attended two years at Dale Jr. High School, and four years at Magnolia High School, all in Anaheim, Orange County, California, United States. Before attending college Tristyn lost her father to complications of diabetes on November 27, 2001. Tristyn also brought her first child into the world with Neil Robert Berkley; Alina Michele Lippiatt born February 13, 2002 in Orange, Orange County, California, United States.

Tristyn graduated Bryman College with her Medical Assisting Certificate in 2003. Nine months after graduation Tristyn brought her second child into the world with Ernest Samuel James Mihld; Ashtan Michael Mihld Lippiatt born February 21, 2004 in Anaheim Hills, Orange County, California, United States. Tristyn went on to attended University of Phoenix in Costa Mesa, Orange County, California, United States from 2007 to 2008 for her Bachelors of Science in Health Administration, which she did not complete. Tristyn brought her third child into the world with Jeremy Wayne Coker; Audrey Marie Coker was born March 11, 2009 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, United States.

• Work life

Tristyn began working at age 17 the summer before her senior year of high school at Cortina's Italian Market. She was a Deli Clerk, she would cut meats, cheeses, clean and work the register. It was at this store she met the man who would father her first child; Neil Robert Berkley.

When Tristyn turned 18 she applied to work at the local 7 Eleven so she'd be closer to home and to school. January 2001 Tristyn got a job working at the local 7 Eleven and for the first week she managed both jobs while school was out, and then she left Cortina's Italian Market. Ultimately when Tristyn began to have symptoms of her pregnancy in June she left 7 Eleven and prepared for her high school graduation.

During Tristyn's time at Bryman College she worked as a Teacher's Assistant for a few months between October 2002 and February 2003 where she would help the students learn Medical Billing, Coding, and Insurance. She would help the teacher grade papers and tests, and help in any way possible around the school when the teacher didn't need her assistance.

Tristyn did her externship for college at Kaiser Permanente in Garden Grove, Orange County, California, United States at a Family Practice office where she had a nice woman named Rachel show her the computer systems they worked with, the layout of the exam rooms the doctors, patients, Medical Assistants, and Nurses used, and whom she followed around for 40 hours. When Tristyn completed her externship she'd done so well she was offered a position at Kaiser Permanente as an S.O.S. employee; in this position she would go to many offices around Orange County.

For the next few years Tristyn went to over 12 different medical offices, worked with 100's of doctors, in many specialties, and decided she wanted to work in after hours or acute care and ultimately went back to the same office she was trained in when she first began. Tristyn did this in Garden Grove, Orange County, California, United States for a few years, then decided to go into family medicine in Irvine, Orange County, California, United States then Pain Management in Orange, Orange County, California, United States. Tristyn then left Kaiser Permanente July 2008 to have her third child in Washington state.

After having her third child in Washington state Tristyn came back with her family and began working September 2009 for Medical Center for Women which eventually changed ownership and it's name to St. Jude Heritage Medical Group Women’s Center in Fullerton, Orange County, California, United States. Tristyn left this job in December 2013 and moved on to work in Quality Assurance for Silverado Senior Living for six months in Irvine, Orange County, California United States.

After Tristyn was let go from Silverado for not being able to come back to work full time after a difficult surgery she was welcomed to work from home for a surrogacy agency reviewing medical records in September 2014. Tristyn worked for The Surrogacy Agency until February 2017 when her health declined and she was no longer able to assist the company with the demands of the job.

Thankfully her health improved over time and she was able to return to work from home for another agency after the owner of the last had retired and had given her a glowing letter of recommendation. To this day she is self-employed as a Medical Records Analyst and spent several years home schooling her children while working from home.

• Personal life

Tristyn and her husband were sure they were fulfilled with their family, and Tristyn had already helped one family to bring a son into the world February 2006 through egg donation she'd done November 2005, but she wanted to help another family with the gift of life. Tristyn was a surrogate mother for a very nice couple delivering twin girls June 14, 2011.

Rewarding and humbling as the experience was being a surrogate mother, Tristyn decided to help another couple, and February 10, 2013 she delivered another set of twins, this time a boy and a girl. Tristyn was diagnosed with gestational diabetes with this last pregnancy, and saw an Endocrinologist, who upon examining her found a mass on her thyroid. After delivery Tristyn had to undergo biopsies which confirmed Papillary Thyroid Cancer. She underwent surgery to remove the cancerous masses, her thyroid and one parathyroid, it was found stage 1 or (T1 Nx) with genetic mutation (BRAF V600E performed on C-343-13).

Once Tristyn had the surgery removing her thyroid she had many other problems with hormone imbalance, calcium deficiency, vitamin B12 deficiency, muscle spasms, and the like. Since her last delivery she'd also had continued bleeding which continued until her eventual need for hysterectomy June 2014. She also had diagnostic tests and MRI's diagnosing her with a Pituitary Adenoma. She was later diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, suffered migraine headaches and experiencing stroke like symptoms February 23, 2017 which ultimately was diagnosed to be a Hemiplegic Migraine or Complex Migraine.

Tristyn now lives in San Marcos, San Diego County, California, United States with her Husband Jeremy Wayne Coker and their daughter. Tristyn's oldest daughter, now an adult is attending university to become a marriage and family therapist, and her son has moved to Nevada where he enjoys a simple life and visits often.

Sources

• First-hand information. Entered by Tristyn Coker at registration.
• Marriage Certificate: County of Orange, State of California, License and Certificate of Marriage no. 40009007210 marriage between Jeremy Wayne Coker and Tristyn Mikel Lippiatt 6 September 2009