No, no, no! Not me… That would really be a story.
I got an email as a result of a post in the comments section on my blog. It was from Marty Johnson, the guy in this story:
Mortgage broker discovers he’s a prince
How cool is that? Very if you ask me. A note from a prince. The text of his letter was as follows:
I too am adopted and just as I began to search for my parents my birth mother found me. 10 months later we found my birth father in Nigeria (they met when he was a foreign student getting his master’s degree in Iowa.)
To make a long story short, it has been a wonderful experience. I do have one word of advice. I hope that you are going into this without any great expectations one way another. Some people I’ve met have had great experiences (like me) while others have not. However, the discovery is well worth the effort either way. Closure comes in all kinds of packages.
By the way- if you want to hear more about my story, pick up the November issue of GQ magazine. They had an editor and a photographer travel with me when I met my father in Africa. (It was a pretty cool deal.
Or you can do a Google search with “Marty” “Johnson” “Prince” and “Eagan”. Click on the first article that comes up.
Best of luck to you! I bookmarked your site and will check back often.
Oh Yeah- a suggestion. Tell us about what thought processes you are going through as you are putting this search together.
Well Marty, as far as any thought processes they are as follows. I have sent for the non-identiifying information from the province of Nova Scotia where I was born. As they are 3 years behind in requests I have about another 28 months to wait for that.
I’m leaving it up to the Gods really. I’ve put my name on all the reunion boards around the web including CANADopt.ca. I’ve made myself very easy to find as you can see. Heck, you found me. Anyway, I’m doubtful that I’m anything more than a pauper, but am honored that a Prince took the time to contact me. 
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Yikes!!
I’d hate to have Mike find out he’s a prince or something grand like that. Then he might not have time to blog for the enjoyment of us lowly proletariat
Just kidding… I could really use someone rich to hit up for money
I just re-read the old adoption posts. It HAS been a while since you started.
Like what Jeice Guyver had to say in that same thread: "Lordy, even the name ‘passive adoption reunion list’ sounds slow."
What ever happenned to that guy anyway? Sounds like one smart & handsome scoundrel if you ask me
Ok Mike- I just figured out where all your adoption posts are and will read them through. I’m just starting in the blogsphere but I’ll eventually figure this out.
…and about that 28 months…
I guess I really lucked out that my mother found me first. (I guess Catholic Charities in the US works much faster than whatever agency in Nova Scotia. It aso helped that my parents still live at the same address as the last time CC had contact with them.)
We want to transfer to overseas ($39,500.000.00 USD)
Thirty nine million Five hundred thousand United
States Dollars) from a Prime Bank in Africa, I want
to ask you to quietly look for a reliable and honest
person who will be capable and fit to provide either
an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c
immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c
can serve to receive this funds quietly.
I am contacting you for us
to transfer this funds to your account as the
beneficiary, I want to first transfer $9,500.000.00
(nine million five hundred thousand USD) from this
money into a safe account abroad, after which we will
transfer the remaining (30M) but I don’t know any
foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner
because this money can not be approved to a local
person here, without valid international foreign
passport, but can only be approved to any foreigner
with valid international passport or drivers license
and foreign a/c because the money is in US Dollars and
the former owner of the a/c Mr.Ravindra F. Shah is a
foreigner too, and as such the money can only be
approved into a foreign a/c.
However, I am revealing this to you with believe in
God that you will never let me down in this business,
you are the first and the only person that I am
contacting for this business, so please reply urgently
so that I will inform you the next step to take
urgently. Send also your private telephone and
fax number including the full details of the account
to be used for the deposit.
I need your full co-operation to make this work fine.
because the management is ready to approve this
payment to any foreigner who has correct information
of this account, which I will give to you, upon your
positive response and once I am convinced that you are
capable and will meet up with instruction of a key
bank official who is deeply involved with me in this
business.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given
50% of the total amount,50% will be for me, we will
bear the working cost together through the process of
transfer to get payment approvals.
I look forward to your earliest reply
Wow- That Nigerian "419" scam letter is so ubiquitous.
Altough I have heard of at least one person with eailwho has never gotten one themselves.