Hyde was born in Germany to a married couple. When he was one or two his mother died of cancer and his father, unable to cope alone, left him in an orphanage. After a few months he was adopted by an American military family and had a happy childhood.

He did not find out he was adopted until he found the documents when he was in seventh grade, while the family was moving house.

He is now (1998) minister of the First United Methodist church in Blanchard, Oklahoma.

In 1997 he traced his father in Germany and met him in 1998.

References

Bittner, J.B. Blosser. "Family Reunion Awaits Minister in Germany," The Daily Oklahoman, 25 March 1998, repr, in: Geborener Deutscher: A Newsletter for German-Born Adoptees and Their Birth/Adoptive Families, 11(2)/Issue 39 (Summer 1998). Also available at: Geborener Deutscher
Bittner, J.B. Blosser. "Oklahoma Pastor Meets His German Father," The Daily Oklahoman, 18 April 1998, repr. in: Geborener Deutscher: A Newsletter for German-Born Adoptees and Their Birth/Adoptive Families, 11(2)/Issue 39 (Summer 1998). Also available at: Geborener Deutscher

Indexes

European
Germany
USA
20th Century
21st Century
Christian
Late or Traumatic Learning of Adoption
Formal, American/European-Type Adoption
Pre-school Years
Unmarried Mother, Single Parent (Mother or Father) Unable to Cope
Others ("Strangers")
Parent(s) Died, Disappeared or Became Incapacitated
Adoptee/Fosteree Traced Family