Tune in to #TakenAtBirth, a 3-night special event, starting TONIGHT at 9/8c. His birth certificate when he ent into the service was different than the one his parents had, so all I know its June 19 or 20, 1941. Why dig up a grave when dna could have given these people the answer if they were siblings? THE ONE FAMILY HAD TWIN BOYS AND THE MAN WAS IN A FAMILY THAT HATED HIM HIS ENTIRE LIFE. The method of the illegal adoptions has left many questions for those who started their lives in Hicks clinic. Women who wanted abortions would be talked into keeping the pregnancy so he could sell the baby once it arrived. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQ5-SW1: accessed 10 April 2021), A G Hicks, Copperhill, Polk, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 1B, line 89, family 17, "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4ZJ-HRF: 11 January 2021), Thomas J Hicks, Civil District 3, Polk, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 70-8, sheet 11B, line 42, family 207, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Thomas, or Dr. Hicks, was one of six children. When she ask Dr Hicks about it he told her it was the medication making her think that. Starting in 1955 and running through the early 1960s, Hicks offered secretive abortions and adoptions here. He deserved to be paid for his time and services as well after all, this was time he could have spent seeing other patients, and medical equipment and supplies are not cheap. The source for today's story was the book The Hicks Family Tree; The Magnificent Journey of Our Branch of the Hicks Family Tree, 1455 to 2011, and The Families That Made a Difference, written by Gale Hicks Thompson and Bob G. Hicks. Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. Dr. Thomas J. Hicks performed abortions in the 1950s, long before abortions were legalized in Roe v. Wade. A New York Times profile of Blasio appeared in 1997, which was around the. New TLC Special Taken At Birth Dives into Shocking Hicks Babies Black Market Adoption Scandal. Did you like this post? Holy smokes! Hicks' wife and son had already passed away. Quietly, because the clinic he'd been running since the mid-1940s was not a licensed adoption agency. Im disgusted that someone would think that this is ok. Can never know. Dr. Thomas J. Hicks is the "bad guy" featured in a three-part docuseries titled Taken At Birth. What Dr Hicks did was illegal. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Appalachian History says his daughter is still alive and living in North Carolina. He delivered my oldest brother. TLC Some residents seemed to know the double life he was leading. They adored Dr Hicks and were fiercely protective of his reputation and legacy. Kriste Hughes is reunited with her mother, Thelma Tipton, and big brother Roger Tipton, after Dr. Thomas Jugarthy Hicks illegally sold her to adoptive parents . The good Dr told the mother they were still born. Have you heard the story of Dr. Hicks? Personally I hope that Dr Hicks is burning in hell! The illegal adoptions stopped in 1964 when Hicks . I am from Tennessee before Dr Hicks moved across the state line to McCaysville Ga. In next week's column, this family's lineage will be continued with the family and history of Samuel Hicks (2). Corinthios, Aurelie. Besides his charitable practices, he performed unauthorized abortions. me are my real parents or not as i am finding out not every thing they told me about family is real. So for that reason, I think were putting too much faith in these womens stories. After I watched your show on TLC, I took a trip up to the mountains., looked the house that was HIckscock and made a big mistake when I asked some questions. He was born in April 1964 Sumner County TN from what he knows. That is when my older brother was born and my mother was told he was still born even though she told me she heard her baby cry. He may have done it to avoid suspicion and keep the transactions discreet. This is how those who were adopted can identify the parents or grandparents of their biological parents. The Dr Hicks who ran the black-market adoptions had a son who became a dentist. Who is Parent 1 or Parent 2 on Ancestry DNA? Both of Dr. Hicks parents were born in Tennessee. Aside from families that might eventually tell their adult children, the only hope Hicks babies have of finding their biological relatives is DNA tracking. How Did Hicks Black Market Babies Business Work? Women came to give birth, and were told their babies were stillborn! What's additionally staggering is it's believed that more than 200 infants, known as the "Hicks Babies," were victims of the doctor's scheme during the '50s and '60s. Its time the truth came to light. The birth certificates Ive seen were in the 6-7 lb range. Adopting families from out of town often drove up to the door. His wife was a Baptist Sunday school teacher, according to PEOPLE. Aside from giving the adopted daughter her answer. Theres a documentary on the Hicks Babies that Im assuming you havent seen. i come from to sides of a family that are both messed up. I hope youre able to solve your case soon. When I told my parents about this documentary.. My dad said well back then they didnt have the equipment to deal with infants like they to do today my response was oh they didnt know to clear the air passage way and slap a baby on the bottom? I am honored to be part of the behind-the-scenes team of passionate and compassionate people who helped some of them in their journeys. These folks deserve to know where they came from! According to ABC News, Dr. Hicks convinced a few of these young moms to keep the babies and put them up in a hotel in town until they gave birth. If he is out there and looking he may have tried the dna route. The motives of Hicks actions are unclear. Dr Thomas Jugarthy Hicks Sr Born 18 Oct 1888 in Bloomington, Pickett, Tennessee, United States Ancestors Son of David Fleming Hicks and [mother unknown] [sibling (s) unknown] Husband of Chass (Copeland) Hicks married 7 Jun 1917 in Polk, Tennessee, USA Father of Thomas Jugarthy Hicks Jr Died 5 Mar 1972 at age 83 in Tennessee, United States She was 6 years old when her adoptive father sat her down about it. Thomas is 21 degrees from Jennifer Aniston, 20 degrees from Drew Barrymore, 22 degrees from Candice Bergen, 26 degrees from Alexandre Dumas, 17 degrees from Carrie Fisher, 32 degrees from Whitney Houston, 20 degrees from Hayley Mills, 20 degrees from Liza Minnelli, 20 degrees from Lisa Presley, 21 degrees from Kiefer Sutherland, 17 degrees from Bill Veeck and 22 degrees from Brian Nash on our single family tree. Some of the ads and links on this website are affiliate links which pay me a commission if you purchase through them. The reason I am writing is this. Prior to that, he was practicing just across the state line in Copperhill, Tennessee, and could well have been selling babies then. Many came forward after their adoptive families said they were from the Hicks clinic. Aug 05, 2015 at 7:11 pm. she weighed a little over 4lbs I wonder if theres any connection between those doctors. Husband of Chassie Hicks If they were going to have an abortion like some people are saying then there would be absolutely no need to tell the moms that. Youve got poor, pregnant, unmarried women, who then need to come up with a story for their friends and/or families as to why there is no newborn . Labor was induced at 31-34 weeks (based on the birth weight of the survivors). Blasio blew the whistle back in the 1990s. Im going to play a little devils advocate. He was buried in Crestlawn Cemetery in Polk County, Tennessee. My dad moved us to New Mexico when I was in my early teens but I have a brother who stayed in Michigan. Dr. Hicks, who passed away at the age of 83, was born in 1888 in Picket County, Tennessee. Some were children of women Hicks convinced not to have abortions. is anything else your are looking? Dr. Thomas Hicks was a small-town Georgia doctor who was accused of selling hundreds of babies in illegal adoptions. Then you missed the entirety of the story. As I watched this documentary it made me think of the story my mother told many timesas her grandmother told hershe (my mother) was born in Oliver Springs TN.. (a little over two hours from McCaysville GA) A Dr Stone dilivered her and told her mother that she didnt make it meanwhile shes lying on a cart covered up with a sheet outside the room when her grandmother realizes shes there picked her up blew into her mouth then spanked her bottom and she started crying. News, TLC Shows. When mothers came in to the clinic and expressed hesitancy about carrying their pregnancies to term, the doctor would persuade them to have their babies. This man told women that their babies had died or were stillborn. At least one Hicks baby submitted his DNA to Ancestry.com and found a half-sister. This is a different story than what I expected! what he did was very wrong and im very sorry for all those kids and parents. She was present when authorities opened the mausoleum. My name is Judy Swafford Walker. It would give me great peace to know I found him or his family for my sweet Mama. After watching this documentary I can see how he got away with it for so long. Dr Thomas Hicks was a small-town Georgia doctor who was posthumously accused of selling hundreds of babies in illegal adoptions. With the judges help, she learned that the clinic sold babies while they were still open. Perhaps your dad was referring to the equipment used to save preemies. Use your brain, IF good old dr hicks was such a good doctor then why did he need to tell the women that their baby died?? Yes he had a choice he just made the wrong one for greed!! She said she heard her baby cry then Doc Hicks told her he was still born. It is unknown whether Hicks paid the biological mothers for the babies. AND IN ALL ACTUALITY HICKS LIED TO HER TO GET HER TWIN BOYS AND MADE OVER 2000 OFF OF HER PAIN. Once they have grouped their DNA matches in to several groups, they can study the descendants of the ancestors to find where they connect to each other. These babies were later sold to adoptive families. I think he was a good man. Yes. Do you have your fathers original birth certificate? Hicks may not have been in Georgia during that time, but if he was in TN that might be a lead. More than 200 babies, known as the Hicks Babies, were sold by Hicks through a back window of the Hicks Community Clinic in McCaysville, Georgia during the 1950s and 1960s. Dr. Thomas Hicks died of leukemia, a type of blood cancer. Would love to have help, Im mr.hicks grate grate grand daughter sadly, hes from my moms side of the family. As a result, he could not provide information that would help the babies find their parents or the other way around. Blasio and 200 others were taken from their mothers at birth in the 1950s and 60s and sold illegally on the black market out the back door of a clinic run by Dr. Thomas J. Hicks. Several in the town told the outlet the story was sensationalized. So yes he should be vilified! I sincerely hope more can make connections before its too late. Appalachian History, accessed 17 September 2019. i am interested in the hicks babies i supposely had a brother who died in the early 1950s i would like to know if he is still alive, DNA geek, His clinic, the Hicks Clinic, was in operation between about 1945-1965. Some on here commented that the bio moms were likely unwed and didnt want the babies. HIS BIO FAMILY DIDNT FIND OUT ABT HIM UNTIL 60 YEARS LATER AND TOO LATE BECAUAE HIS MOTHER WAS I ALREADY DEAD. They can arrange a meeting if a match shows up and both sides want to meet. Could you imagine carrying your baby a whole pregnancy having a nursery all set up and you go to the hospital deliver your baby and be lied to that your baby died smh Im speechless. 2016. You really have no idea what you are talking about! The adoptive parents paid $1,000 for the baby, and Hicks would provide housing for the mothers for several months at his farm, a hotel, his apartments or a telephone company building, according to Appalachian History. Dr Thomas Jugarthy Hicks, Sr (1888 - 1972) - Genealogy Genealogy for Dr Thomas Jugarthy Hicks, Sr (1888 - 1972) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. The Hicks babies were babies sold by Dr. Thomas J. Hicks to different families. Hicks lied, blatantly, to some of these women, hell probably 90% of them. You saw it. It may have started with good intentions, but these babies deserve the truth and they deserve it now. On the documentary the officer in the second episode claimed he gave a relative of his a shot and she died 30min later. Geni requires JavaScript! Dr. Thomas Hicks family tree Even though Dr. Hicks is not suspected to be biologically related to any of the Hicks Babies, some people might find his ancestry and family tree to be of interest.

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