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Until anna brown shipped him off to a colorado couple when he was 14. that is when he found his birth certificate and started to call himself ray smith, and began puzzling over the apparently unanswerable questions of his life. >> why did anne name me jim brown if my name was really ray? how come i never knew about geri and things like that. then i wondered, you know, was i kidnapped? >> no answers from anna brown who died soon after that. and as for life in colorado, by the time he was 16 -- >>...

He agreed, and there was no doubt, wed found him. we brought ray and his fiancee to a los angeles hotel and showed him the story of his sisters, and in a way, his story, too. >> i thought that this story, itself, was sad. sounded like they had a rough life. and it was really similar to mine. >> and so it was. it began the same way, too, when shirley are took him from geri except ray was turned over to a woman named anna lee brown, who named him jimmy brown. the only name he knew growing up. >> s...

Was snatched away abducted by the babysitter shirley. where was he now? gerry gave us a copy of the birth sert sif cat a-- certific and he seemed about 40 now. we called ray smiths all over the country. ray smith in colorado and ray smith in maryland, new jersey, kansas, but did he go by the name ray smith? and then a call back. it was the ray smith from colorado. he had the right name, the right age, and place of birth and grown up without knowing any blood relatives and all of this ray smith k...

We brought ray and his fiancee to a los angeles hotel and showed him the story of his sisters, and in a way, his story, too. >> i thought that this story, itself, was sad. sounded like they had a rough life. and it was really similar to mine. >> and so it was. it began the same way, too, when shirley are took him from geri except he was turned over the annalee brown, and named him jimmy brown, the name that he knew growing up. >> she had told me that she had adopt adopted me, but i was shipped a...

Puzzling over the apparently unanswerable questions of his life. >> why did anne name me jim brown if my name was ray. how come i never knew about geri and things like that. then i wondered, you know, was i kidnapped? >> no answers from anna brown who died soon after that. and as for life in colorado, by the time he was 16 -- >> things were getting a little rough. maybe because of my past, i was not a real easy kid. so i was put into foster care. >> and then, he graduated from high school. he go...

Him the story of his sisters. in a way his story too. >> i thought that the story itself was sad. it sounded like they had a rough life. and it was really similar to mine. >> so it was. and it began the sam way, too, when sheryly took him from jehri. except ray was turned over to a woman named anna lee brown, who named him jimmy brown. the only name he knew growing up. >> she had told me that she had adopted me. but i was also shipped around a lot from home to home because she had a lot of healt...

>> why did ann name me jim brown if my name was really ray? how come i never knew about jehri? things like that. then i wondered, you know, was i kidnapped? >> no answers from anna brown, who died soon after that. and as for life in colorado, by the time he was 16 -- >> things were getting a little rough. maybe because of my past, i wasnt a real easy kid. so i was put into foster care. >> and then? he graduated from high school. he got a job, moved in with some friends, and started his own rock ...

Jehri gave us a copy of his birth certificate. hed be just about 40 now. and their chances of finding him seemed sfrankly slim. he called 40-year-old ray smiths all over the country. ray smith in colorado, ray smith in maryland, in new jersey, in kansas. but did he go by the name ray smith? and then, a call back. it was the ray smith from colorado. they had the right name, right age, place of birth, had grown up without knowing any blood relatives. all this ray smith knew was his mothers name. a...

Pepper, now officially ronique, who set out to find a birth certificate and found a past richer and more complex than even she dreamed possible. to find first the mother of her memory and then her long lost birth mother, to discover that renee was her actual sister and now to learn she had a brother. raymond leonard smith jr. is what jeri called him before he, too, was snatched away, abducted by the babysitter, shirley. where was he now? jeri gave us a copy of his birth certificate. hed be just ...

>> she had told me that she had adopted me, but i was also shipped around a lot from home to home because she had a lot of health problems, from what i was told. >> he was neglected, he said, and often abused, bounced around for years. until anna brown shipped him off to a colorado couple when he was 14. and thats when he found his birth certificate, started calling himself ray smith and began puzzling over the apparently unanswerable questions of his life. >> why did ann name me jim brown if my...