My grandfather was born Edwin Frank Nicolai, but his mother changed his name to Edward Franklyn Clayton when she placed him and his older brother, Carl, in a Five Points Mission orphanage in about 1912.
Sources
Birth certificate for Edwin Frank Nicolai; United States Census, 1910; Social Security Death Index for Edward Franklyn Clayton
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Edward by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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