Searching for Ponysboy

The story of a serial-dad.

The beginning

In my quest for answers, I've started with a baseline of data...Rick Wood was born in Topeka, Kansas and this is a photo of me with my mom and a group of cousins and Aunts that I do not know...My grandmother was named Esther Cohee...This photo is from 1966.

My Portrait

Third generation parentally-abandoned child.

Third generation parentally-abandoned child.

Ponyboy's father went to live with an uncle when he was 6, after the death of his mother.

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Family Strangers

Ponysboy: The Early Years

Ponysboy: The Early Years

Did Ponysboy learn by example that abandoning your family was just part of life?

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Thanks, Ancestry “It’s a Boy!”

Author finds out she's now part of the 'you've got a secret sibling' society

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