Adoptive family searching on behalf of their adopted male child name Sami Kelay who was born in 2008 and adopted to the USA in 2009. The adoption agency was Children’s Home Society and Family Services and the orphanage was Mussie Children’s Home Association in Hossana. Sami was born in Shinshicho, KT.
Submitted by Adoptive Parent Searching for Child’s Ethiopian Family
Child’s Information
Gender of Child Boy
Ethnicity of Child Kembata Tembaro Region
Year of child’s birth 2008
Ethiopian birth name of child Samuel “Sami” Kelay
Age of child at adoption 0-12 months
Year child was adopted 2009
Give information about child’s Ethiopian family, if known Birth Mother Bekalesh gave birth in her sister’s restaurant that she was working at in Shinshicho, Ethiopia in the Kembata Tembaro Region. She had Samuel with her for 4 months before placing him for adoption. The birth father was a man she knew while working at a hotel. Kelay was the maternal grandfather’s name.
Additional information Samuel has thicker eyebrows, a freckle on the middle of his forehead and on bottom of his foot.
Relinquishment or Abandonment Information
Age when child entered care center or orphanage 0-12 months
Year child entered a care center or orphanage 2009
To the best of your knowledge, child was Relinquished
Region of relinquishment SNNPR
Zone of relinquishment Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, Kembata Tembaro SNNPR
City/town of relinquishment Hosana Hossana Hosaena
Name and relationship of relinquishing adult Mother named Bekalesh
Do you believe child(ren) were relinquished willingly? Yes
Adoption Agency Information
Adoption agency through which the child was processed IN ETHIOPIA Children’s Home Society and Family Services (USA)
Adoptive Country USA
Orphanage/care center #1
Orphanage or care center used in the adoption Mussie Children’s Home Association
Region of orphanage or care center SNNPR
City/Town of orphanage or care center Hosana
