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AFTER 45 YEARS: Adopted Daughter Finds Long-Lost Father! | Interview + Phone Call

The Leah and Blair Slog
2023 ж. 5 Қар.
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Mary Jean was adopted and had been looking for her US. Military Father for 45 yearals. She found her father through a DNA test last year but did not have the courage to call him for fear of rejection. These former U.S. Vietnam Veterans who visited the Philippines during the 1970s on their R and R are blissfully unaware that some of them fathered Amerasian children. Mary Jean recently got the chance to tell The Leah and Blair Slog of her upbringing, of being adopted and how she still longs to find her real birth mother, Ms Delia Garboni. This was an important interview for myself and Leah May, we are learning to know the real differences between sympathy and empathy. It is only when one can feel empathy can we better understand what it is like for these broken hearted Amerasians of Olongapo and Angeles City, many are still searching for their long-lost US Military Fathers, and we hope to find them!
#adopted #fatherdaughter #dna
We are helping Filipino's find their long-lost biological fathers from the United States, usually they are American ex former military Airmen or Navy Sailors who were once stationed at Clark Airbase or Subic Bay Naval Base.
DNA testing using Ancestry DNA Test Kits proves to be very helpful in locating family members, we will continue on this journey of finding long lost loved ones with your continued support. The Amerasians of Olongapo and Angles City need our help in reuniting them with their American Military Fathers.
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About us:
The Leah and Blair Slog is a Husband and Wife Team based in the Philippines helping families reunite with long lost loved ones. Any support received from our viewers is reinvested back into our channel to help fund more stories, just like this one!
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We also are in need of more Ancestry DNA kits to help the many Amerasians living in the Philippines identify their long lost former US Military Servicemen Fathers who were stationed here in the 1970s and 1980s. Please message our FB page 'The Leah and Blair Slog' if you can assist us in finding more donated DNA kits which is imperative to our cause. 🙏

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  • If anybody has information on a Ms Delia Garboni originally from Catbalogan in Samar, Philippines (age around 65) please reach out to us via our FB page @ The Leah and Blair Slog. 🇵🇭❤️🇵🇭❤️🇵🇭❤️🇵🇭❤️ About us: The Leah and Blair Slog is a Husband and Wife Team based in the Philippines helping families reunite with long lost loved ones. www.buymeacoffee.com/leah_and_blair Thank you for the support, the views and comments, all are greatly appreciated. 👍 subscribe here: www.youtube.com/@LeahandBlair?sub_confirmation=1 ------------------------------------ We also are in need of donated Ancestry DNA kits to help the Amerasians living in the Philippines find their long lost fathers.

    @LeahandBlair@LeahandBlair6 ай бұрын

    • Another awesome story thank you for your hard work I’m hoping to somehow help you guys in the future!

      @caswede9055@caswede90556 ай бұрын

  • Road to 100k Blair and Leah!!! Your almost there!!! So happy for you both... You've really found your calling as well as your KZhead niche ❤

    @limtseho3540@limtseho35406 ай бұрын

  • Filipinos are one of the nicest and sweetest people on earth.

    @goldengilmaky6788@goldengilmaky67884 ай бұрын

    • Correct! 💯

      @LeahandBlair@LeahandBlair4 ай бұрын

  • You made me cry again. God Bless you Lea and Blair ❤ I'm happy for Mary Jean. Your father is lucky for having a daughter like you.

    @schatz5104@schatz51046 ай бұрын

  • I'm a haffu who was blessed to be raised by my American dad and Japanese mom. It's very difficult for ppl who are not to understand the deep questioning we face of how difficult for us as children to not be considered not enough of one ethnicity or the other. Some family members have treated us as outsiders or not accept us as part of "their " family.

    @countrygirl432@countrygirl4326 ай бұрын

    • Thanks for sharing ❤️

      @LeahandBlair@LeahandBlair6 ай бұрын

  • It's the ABSENT FATHER'S obligation to call his daugther. Of course Mary Jane awkward and hesitant to ever call her absent father once again because of the rejection she had on the first place.

    @marrie5820@marrie58206 ай бұрын

    • It's a shame what has happened to the Amer-Asains. You can just imagine how difficult life has been for them. I pray that they will get the closure they need.

      @lorettacook1754@lorettacook17544 ай бұрын

  • God is Good and full of grace! Blair and Leah, you both are two amazing people put on this earth to serve and you are doing an amazing job of it. Bless you both.

    @TB-xx4gc@TB-xx4gc6 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful to know her father finally wanted to reach out, and a brother also has been found 😊🙏🏼

    @Victoria-ov3ge@Victoria-ov3ge6 ай бұрын

  • Crying story😢Thank you for helping ameraisians here in olongapo, hoping you to come back again for the others story and mine.... godbless you both❤ ❤

    @Leys28@Leys286 ай бұрын

    • Will do. Pm our FB page.

      @LeahandBlair@LeahandBlair6 ай бұрын

    • @leahandblair okay,sir.. sorry for i did not come to the venue last time you had the interview here,because I have no money at that time for the bus going there coz I'm far from San Felipe😔so hoping for, if you have the second chance to come back again will prepare... thanks poh ❤️

      @Leys28@Leys286 ай бұрын

  • Such an incredible story, I hope she finds her mom. Lots of hugs Leah & Blair for helping Mary Jean. I keep watching your vlogs , from the Northwest Territories, 🇨🇦 Canada

    @dorothylaviolette4924@dorothylaviolette49245 ай бұрын

  • Aw that is great she found her dad. I hope they can meet up one day.

    @jannotasleep9551@jannotasleep95516 ай бұрын

  • God bless Sir Mam...for helping us Amerisian...

    @user-pd1ko4gj9q@user-pd1ko4gj9q6 ай бұрын

  • I wonder if my grandfather had a child somewhere in the South Pacific. When he died in 1981, (I was 16) my grandmother found an old picture of an Asian woman. He was in the South Pacific during World War II.

    @texasgina@texasgina6 ай бұрын

    • You could do an ancestor dna testing 😊… You never know who you’ll find😊… good luck😊

      @Victoria-ov3ge@Victoria-ov3ge6 ай бұрын

  • Godbless Leah and Blair always support ❤❤❤❤❤ love you both guys thanks for helping our kababayans

    @santigodelacruz1672@santigodelacruz16726 ай бұрын

    • Thank you.

      @LeahandBlair@LeahandBlair6 ай бұрын

  • This channel has been very helpful to those who lost their fathers

    @marvinreso1665@marvinreso16652 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful poem....fit a happy ending....these stories can be so emotional...thanks to you two for making others dreams a reality....much love and respect❤❤❤

    @islandgirl7281@islandgirl72816 ай бұрын

    • 🙂🥰

      @LeahandBlair@LeahandBlair6 ай бұрын

  • Wow how touching thank you so much sir Blair & mam Leah of helping them❤

    @maryjean1930@maryjean19306 ай бұрын

  • Look at mary jane reaction hearing her father voice , every little Girls love there daddy that how much she love you sir so every morning you call her make room for your daughter and grandchildren too, love as no bad fuel in it , just as love without hatred , one love mary jane from Jamaica 🇯🇲 . ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    @pufflife45@pufflife452 ай бұрын

  • I don't understand how anyone could not love a child just because they aren't a blood relative. My aunt who passed away last year adopted a girl from India and our family always treated her as if she's a part of the family because she was and she wasn't treated like an outsider. Just imagine where we would all be if God rejected all of us like some people do to others. Even though I'm not searching for a parent I want to thank you both for all of your hard work, dedication and love that you do for strangers to reunite families. You both and all others like you are truly angels. God bless you all.

    @stecar9122003@stecar91220032 ай бұрын

  • Oh my, that poem you spoke wrapped with tears.

    @prettygeorgialady1249@prettygeorgialady12496 ай бұрын

  • Leah and blair may GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

    @user-nz2bc2nb9c@user-nz2bc2nb9c8 күн бұрын

  • another amazing story. hope she finds her mother soon too. I also hope that I can help someone find their biological family.

    @peterfindsyourfamily@peterfindsyourfamily6 ай бұрын

  • Another vid that goes to the heart 😊 well done

    @Scotts_Story@Scotts_Story6 ай бұрын

  • the longing and rejection... 😢 mixed signals cause anxious of rejection of others, i became a caregiver because of my Dad too chances of taking care of him

    @Smith.8888@Smith.88886 ай бұрын

  • Hey Sir Blair good morning, you are very lucky to have mam Leah in your life to be a very loving and understanding wife to you, congratulations also for winning Filipino heart with what you do, as your advocacy in helping reunites and finding lost member of the family, I really admire your helping with my countryman, what I can contribute is for keeping to watch your every vlog whenever you have upload..Godspeed to your family. Salute!

    @arnoldbie1956@arnoldbie19566 ай бұрын

  • good result she connected to her father, good job Blair and your beautiful wife

    @tuvou6971@tuvou69713 ай бұрын

  • God bless you both

    @renecabalquinto4103@renecabalquinto41036 ай бұрын

  • If you can't say something nice, be quite! This is a struggle for children. Father's need to know and to care for their children. Blood is thicker than beer. God bless 🙏 & stay vigilant.

    @johnroberts9160@johnroberts91603 ай бұрын

  • What a tearjerker. I just cried over my made 🍤 , bacon 🥓, cheese omelette I just made and sat down to eat!! I know that feeling very well from my real deceased father!! So happy your father changed his mind!! Hooray for happy ongoing's!! May all your future endeavors be great!! Yes, si, chai, dung, ja, oui, Oo!! All be blessed, safe, healthy, happy, aware, smart, prosperous and great( compassionate) ! Much love to all!! ❤🎉. Never ever give up!! I feel you!! Thurl G( another one of my many nicknames) ghost or out!!Peace y Adios!! Still crying at the end!! Oo❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😅😅😮😢❤❤

    @GarrettSAlston@GarrettSAlston6 ай бұрын

  • What a nice video. I'm happy you find your father. I'm all so happy that your father is still alive, I feel live we have the same journey, because your father lives in New mexico, same like my. But my father is already dead and I never meet him personal, but I have a big family from my father side, I hope one day you can all so take the journey to visit your father,I wish you all the best.

    @15p@15p6 ай бұрын

  • Nice cinematography

    @user-od1xg6ug7s@user-od1xg6ug7s6 ай бұрын

  • A beautiful story with a happy ending but we wish more of a happy ending. Perhaps the father or the mother had left in this world or alive but the fact the children left behind found the connection, the link to their roots is answered is fully satisfying and you made it possible Leah and Blair. Stay strong and courage. Yes your full of Empathy to do it. ❤️👍💐 n.b. sorry am late due time difference.

    @marierocher4422@marierocher44226 ай бұрын

    • Thanks as always! 😀

      @LeahandBlair@LeahandBlair6 ай бұрын

  • I love watching Yu show. Because I wince lost my kids in Trinidad after 25 years they found me. Yu show brings tears to my eyes

    @user-qu9xk7ii8v@user-qu9xk7ii8v2 ай бұрын

    • Thank Trinidadian people! ❤️‍🔥💯

      @LeahandBlair@LeahandBlair2 ай бұрын

  • thank you thank you thank you

    @robertmaglaya5387@robertmaglaya53875 ай бұрын

  • another amazing video.. hope I can meet you guys I am also from Cebu

    @BebsHeudecker@BebsHeudecker6 ай бұрын

  • You did it to me again😢😢

    @Pghedges21@Pghedges216 ай бұрын

  • love watching ur channel..so emotinal.

    @flordelizaumbao698@flordelizaumbao6982 ай бұрын

  • Omg I'm addicted watching your videos Leah & Blair. ❤

    @pangga214@pangga2142 ай бұрын

    • 💯👍👍❤️‍🔥

      @LeahandBlair@LeahandBlair2 ай бұрын

  • Nice story

    @seanw2823@seanw28234 ай бұрын

  • Her adoptive parent’s family sound terrible, if they made negative comments about her. I was adopted also but never had any negative comments. I was born and bought up in England.

    @hughphillips1427@hughphillips14276 ай бұрын

    • we have the same fate i was adopted by a single man and his siblings didn't agree because of the money he was a CPA accountant all his life he works for the whole family but so sad about greedy people/siblings just wanted his money... they make my life miserable because his not around when i grew up I'm just blessed with his Mom and 1 sibling treat me like a normal kid like they're own.

      @Smith.8888@Smith.88886 ай бұрын

  • These is maybe one of the reasons why the commanding general of the Armed Forces of the Philippines himself a descendant of an American serviceman placed several restrictions inside Filipino military camps housing US military personel when they are here for exercises. No going out when not on exercise or patrol with Filipino troops. No intoxicating/alcohol drinks inside the camps. While enterprising Filipinos are allowed to rent to to set up temporary shops inside those camps, they are made to sign MOA that no intoxicating/alcohol beverages maybe sold. Maintaining sanitation and interaction with the female staff of these shops is limited like no seating with the american GI's, no unncessary display of affection between the female staff and the american customers, no staff is allowed to go out with the American GI',s

    @KnH07@KnH07Ай бұрын

  • That father is not a bad person. Where is he here in the US? He is just shocked too

    @marvinreso1665@marvinreso16652 ай бұрын

  • Mary Jean's case was very interesting to work. Initially she DNA tested with MyHeritage, after MH donated 40 DNA kits to Father Founded. She had a very high DNA match from their database, sharing 24% of the same DNA with a man who was in the US. He responded to the message Geoffrey Tayag sent him and then I was able to email him. Her half-brother was born in the Philippines and adopted by an Air Force officer and his family, they most likely share the same mother. He too is searching for his birth parents who are both Filipino.

    @fatherfounded2413@fatherfounded24136 ай бұрын

    • Thanks to all the team at Fatherfounded.org for doing such a great job. ❤️

      @LeahandBlair@LeahandBlair6 ай бұрын

  • ❤

    @paulettern9913@paulettern99136 ай бұрын

  • Blair and Lea, you are such an amazing couple chosen by heaven to have this great mission. May your tribe be more blessed.

    @heavenlyfortune2905@heavenlyfortune29055 ай бұрын

    • Thank you. New video out in a couple of days. 😀

      @LeahandBlair@LeahandBlair5 ай бұрын

  • The owner of this channel are working like an angel. I always grateful to you n it touch my sentimental very hard, caz I'm facing this case.

    @naturelover3189@naturelover31896 ай бұрын

    • Thanks and sorry to hear that.

      @LeahandBlair@LeahandBlair6 ай бұрын

  • Everyone has a dream and Mary Jean has one as well. God bless the Filipina, who loves her family. :-)

    @everyonehasadream@everyonehasadream6 ай бұрын

  • Dad, you call your daughter.

    @louisguagenti6600@louisguagenti66005 ай бұрын

  • ❤❤❤❤❤

    @oblakngzambales0711@oblakngzambales07115 ай бұрын

  • Oh shoot! who is chopping onion at the end of this video....Once again, you captured the essence of your newlyfound calling, and empathy...

    @bel250@bel2506 ай бұрын

    • ❤️

      @LeahandBlair@LeahandBlair6 ай бұрын

  • I really want to have luck like this, so what can I do to have the same chance as some others?

    @user-bx9pp4xx3z@user-bx9pp4xx3z6 ай бұрын

  • They want to be found some of them

    @marvinreso1665@marvinreso16652 ай бұрын

  • I want to see my father in America my biological mother is edith

    @user-mb7mp1nx7x@user-mb7mp1nx7x5 ай бұрын

  • Made me cry this touching storries

    @titaesterpagay9669@titaesterpagay96696 ай бұрын

  • She’s afraid of rejection🥲

    @melodyhess1683@melodyhess16836 ай бұрын

  • I was always curious about if my father ever knew romantically a Vietnamese woman when he was in Vietnam during the war.

    @user-nz2hs8fr2y@user-nz2hs8fr2y3 ай бұрын

  • pls. Find the biological father of James Batterfield

    @user-mb7mp1nx7x@user-mb7mp1nx7x5 ай бұрын

  • I mean Mary jean si Momshie ito

    @Simply_Thess@Simply_Thess6 ай бұрын

  • These are getting sad.

    @RogerSanGabriel@RogerSanGabriel6 ай бұрын

  • Why don't they talk via messenger so that it is free.

    @jimueltrinio225@jimueltrinio2258 күн бұрын

  • Jane i would like to talk to leah and her husband also maybe they can come over my house here in tagaytay i also need thy're help

    @Simply_Thess@Simply_Thess6 ай бұрын

    • Send a PM to our FB page. 🙂

      @LeahandBlair@LeahandBlair6 ай бұрын

  • Where in New Mexico… Is he a Navajo?

    @juliorabago4409@juliorabago44096 ай бұрын

  • This is so much better. You should use Leah more, have her do the voice-overs and interviews, it feels less paternalistic*. You don't have the voice for it Blair, you try too hard to sound oh-so sensitive and it just turns into cloying sentimentality. Allow your audience to empathise without getting in the way. I guarantee, the more you put yourself on the margins of these videos, rather than front and center with the selfie stick and all over the narration, the more effective they will be. The title and the voice over at 13:31 is simpy over-egging the pudding, use one or the other (I'd go for the title) but not both. And lose the adjectives and the superlatives, it should just say "That very evening", or something like that--allow the story to unfold itself, it's pretty obvious what's happening and it's more effective to allow her to be the protagonist of her own story. * I've been trying to put my finger on it and this is the problem Blair, try as you might you can't escape the taint of the 'White Man's Burden' perspective on the very valid issues you address on your channel. This is why it immediately feels better when Leah is the interlocutor rather than you. Sorry mate, you should stick to logistics, camera, sound and editing! I bet you'd get much better traction, too.

    @geezer5357@geezer53575 ай бұрын

  • so sad both parents rejected her😢 but dont worry Jesus loves you so so much!

    @mariecampana8532@mariecampana85326 ай бұрын

  • reality mostly american dont care not all not like us pilipino we care a lot of our siblings

    @athenahappy4485@athenahappy44856 ай бұрын

    • Very true!

      @keithadams2368@keithadams23686 ай бұрын

  • Nice one... CHEERS

    @danielarenos5569@danielarenos55696 ай бұрын

  • ❤

    @felysanchez2483@felysanchez24836 ай бұрын

  • pls. Find the biological father of James Batterfield

    @user-mb7mp1nx7x@user-mb7mp1nx7x5 ай бұрын

  • pls. Find the biological father of James Batterfield

    @user-mb7mp1nx7x@user-mb7mp1nx7x5 ай бұрын

  • pls. Find the biological father of James Batterfield

    @user-mb7mp1nx7x@user-mb7mp1nx7x5 ай бұрын

  • pls. Find the biological father of James Batterfield

    @user-mb7mp1nx7x@user-mb7mp1nx7x5 ай бұрын

  • pls. Find the biological father of James Batterfield

    @user-mb7mp1nx7x@user-mb7mp1nx7x5 ай бұрын

  • pls. Find the biological father of James Batterfield

    @user-mb7mp1nx7x@user-mb7mp1nx7x5 ай бұрын

    • Send a PM to our FB page.

      @LeahandBlair@LeahandBlair5 ай бұрын
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