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| - Details: Falls Church, Virginia resident Charles Stubin is searching for his birth family. He was abandoned in a car in September 1935, more than fifty years earlier, but his parents would not tell him that he was adopted. Charles grew up as an only child in Los Angeles, and even then he felt out of place with his family. He had several clues throughout his childhood that he may have been adopted. When he was a teenager, he found a photo of his parents dated September 1935 that showed his mother was not pregnant, even though Charles was born later that month. Charles, however, kept his suspicions to himself until he was applying for college scholarships. He contacted the State Department of Public Health asking for his birth certificate. When he received it, he was surprised to find it lar
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| - Details: Falls Church, Virginia resident Charles Stubin is searching for his birth family. He was abandoned in a car in September 1935, more than fifty years earlier, but his parents would not tell him that he was adopted. Charles grew up as an only child in Los Angeles, and even then he felt out of place with his family. He had several clues throughout his childhood that he may have been adopted. When he was a teenager, he found a photo of his parents dated September 1935 that showed his mother was not pregnant, even though Charles was born later that month. Charles, however, kept his suspicions to himself until he was applying for college scholarships. He contacted the State Department of Public Health asking for his birth certificate. When he received it, he was surprised to find it largely incomplete; no hospital was listed, nor was there a city of birth or attending doctor. His mother did not want to talk about Charles's suspicions, so he decided to drop it for several years. Charles went to college and married in 1962. In 1989, his mother passed away; he decided that he would start searching for the truth. Finaly, in January 1991, a family friend revealed that Charles was adopted. He visited the Children's Home Society in Los Angeles; the organization had handled Charles's adoption in 1935. In the file was an embroidered handkerchief that had been left with Charles when he was found. Charles learned that around 8:30pm on September 25, 1935, in Royal Heights, a woman named Gladys Rosswarm went out to mover her car from the street to the driveway when she found Charles in the backseat of her car. She could that he was just a few days old. Charles had been wrapped in a blue blanket with a pile of clothes beside him. Tucked in the blanket was the handkerchief, with a monogrammed "W". Gladys contacted the police; Charles soon became a local celebrity, but despite the press, his mother never came forward. Six weeks later, he was adopted by the Stilwell family, who had a five-year-old daughter named Janet. According to Janet, just two days after the adoption, her mother took Charles to a rabbi to determine if he was Jewish. The rabbi claimed that Charles was Jewish; the Stilwells then gave Charles back to the Children's Home Society. Charles was then adopted by the Stubins, a Jewish couple. Charles now knew the story of his abandonment and adoption, but he did not know who his birth family was. His only clue to his real family and identity was a monogrammed handkerchief found with him. Charles began searching through Los Angeles birth records from September 1935; he believed that his last name started with "W" based on the handkerchief. Charles placed several ads in the Los Angeles Times, and two different people came forward. Charles believes that his father was Jewish but his mother was not. He learned that there was a prominent Jewish businessman in Los Angeles during the 1930s who had several girlfriends. Charles believes that he was the man's illegitimate child, and that his mother was pressured into abandoning him. Charles is now hoping to find his biological parents, if they are still alive. Charles Stubin and Stephen Baskin.jpg|Stephen and Charles Stubin Charles Stubin's fatherjpg.jpg|Charles' Possible father Extra Notes: This case first aired on the December 16, 1992 episode. Results: Solved. Dr. Stephen Baskin watched Charles's segment on Lifetime and suspected that he was Charles's half-brother. DNA testing confirmed their relationship. Charles was saddened to learn that his mother, Rose Wasserman, had passed away. He also learned that a photograph was found in Rose's scrapbook that may be of Charles's father. However, he has never been able to find his father, who is now assumed to be deceased. Links: None
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