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Sixsmith and Philomena spent years researching, until they discovered her son had been adopted by an American couple, Doc and Marge Hess, who named the child Michael Hess. The Hess family also adopted a little girl named Mary from the Abbey; Mary and Michael grew up together as siblings.
Nov 18, 2013 · Like countless others who passed through Tipperary’s infamous Sean Ross Abbey, the child of Philomena Lee was to be adopted by a wealthy American couple. She was told it was the best way to deal with the ‘mortal sin’ she had committed.
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Dec 29, 2018 · Ultimately, Sixsmith and Lee discovered that her son was adopted by an American couple and renamed Michael Hess. A lawyer in the Republican party, Hess tried many times to find his birth...
Jan 10, 2014 · Searching for Philomena’s Real Son. Michael Hess, adopted to America, visited Sean Ross Abbey in Ireland three times looking for his birth mother. via Philomena Lee. By Jacob Bernstein.
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Jan 10, 2014 · Anthony was given away for adoption in America, in return for a hefty ‘donation’ to the Church from his new parents. Philomena was devastated. Sent away to England, she trained as a nurse and...
Jan 1, 2009 · An American couple adopted her son, Anthony Lee, when he was 3 years old and renamed him Michael Hess. Philomena and Michael were stymied in their search to find each other by the nuns’ refusal to provide them with their records.
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Feb 7, 2014 · When her son Anthony was three years old, the convent’s nuns, in exchange for a generous donation, gave him up for adoption to Americans, who were told he was an orphan. A distraught Lee watched...
