{"id":10033,"date":"2013-07-10T12:59:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T20:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/?p=10033"},"modified":"2022-11-27T16:02:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T00:02:44","slug":"spokeo-search-angel-spotlight-connie-lynn-gray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/spokeo-search-angel-spotlight-connie-lynn-gray\/","title":{"rendered":"Spokeo Search Angel Spotlight: Connie Lynn Gray"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"embed-youtube\">\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; text-align:center;\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5vgeRhO66kQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n.embed-youtube {\n    position: relative;\n    padding-bottom: 56.25%; \/* - 16:9 aspect ratio (most common) *\/\n    \/* padding-bottom: 62.5%; - 16:10 aspect ratio *\/\n    \/* padding-bottom: 75%; - 4:3 aspect ratio *\/\n    padding-top: 30px;\n    height: 0;\n    overflow: hidden;\n}\n\n.embed-youtube iframe,\n.embed-youtube object,\n.embed-youtube embed {\n    border: 0;\n    position: absolute;\n    top: 0;\n    left: 0;\n    width: 100%;\n    height: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<p>Known as \u201cTexas Search Angel\u201d, Connie was adopted from the Texas state foster care system at age nine and two weeks after turning 18, she petitioned the courts for her original birth certificate and was granted access. Within two years of obtaining her records, Connie had reunited with her sisters and her parents. She\u2019s been helping adoptees and birth families reconnect since the 1970\u2019s and is fueled by the belief that every person is entitled to his or her own genetic history. Connie knows life is fragile and the opportunity to reunite can disappear before you know it. Though she\u2019s fully dedicated as a volunteer searcher and adoptee rights advocate, she\u2019s always been in the business of helping others. As an emergency room nurse she helped cared for others even throughout her own battle against kidney cancer. She now helps people in the search for homes as a real estate agent. 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