A brief history of Rosemary and her family - 'parentage' and early life
This blog will explore the early life and extended genealogy of Rosemary Labianca, her birth family and her adopted family. I will provided numerous sources and documentation. I will debunk the following false claims: A. Rosemary Labianca was born in Mexico. (She was born in Arizona) B. Rosemary Labianca was adopted from an orphanage in Mexico. (She was adopted in Arizona) C. Rosemary Labianca was Hispanic. (She was half Irish, half German - Her adopted father was half Hispanic)) D. She was born in 1929 or 1930. (She was born in 1925) E. She was adopted at age 12. (age 7 - in 1933) F. Her parents abandoned her or died young. (The courts took her from her mother's home - her mother was arrested, sent to prison and lost her children prior to that, after the courts found them neglected. Her father left the family and moved to Missouri, and later took in the two older siblings but left Rosemary in an orphanage to be adopted) Note: I have updated on June 12th to reflect what I recently