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"Cole Babies"

"Cole Babies" are babies who were born in Miami during the period of 1927 to 1963 with the signature of Dr. Katherine M. Cole (4725 S.W. 8^th Street) on their Florida Birth Certificates.

Background

While researching my family tree I discovered that I was not the 
natural child of my deceased nurturing parents. I obtained this
information from the Florida Adoption Registry in Tallahassee. I was
told about a series of newspaper articles printed about "Cole Babies"
in the Miami Herald by Mr. John Donnelly

March 19, 1993

"Searching for Birth Parents"

Dr. Cole was a "naturopathic physician" in the Miami area who
allegedly ran an illegal adoption/abortion clinic in her apartment
house. Young pregnant girls would come to her clinic and leave
without their children. The babies were either sold to parents who,
for some reason were not able to adopt through normal adoption
agencies, or otherwise aborted.

The doctor (a.k.a.: Granny Doc) died in 1981 and left no records
behind to help us find our real biological parents. Her two-story
clinic on Miami's western frontier at the time is no longer there.

From 1943 to 1967 police arrested the doctor five times, for
manslaughter, attempted abortion, unlawful possession of
barbiturates, and for failure to file a birth certificate. She was
cleared on all of these charges, except for the attempted abortion,
for which she spent less than a year in jail.

Closing Comments

Many of us "Cole Babies" are still trying to seek out our natural
parents, but time is running out. If you have any information about
my birth parents, please send me an e-mail at the address listed below.

I would like to know who my real parents were and to thank them for
giving me to two of the best nurturing parents anyone could ask for.

I also would like to know my family's medical background and whether
or not I have any living relatives, brothers and sisters, aunts,
uncles, cousins, etc.


LINK TO: REUNION REGISTRY.COM

Last Updated on June 18, 1997 by Bob Lightner