Meeting the Hills

Denoncour (about 1953)	My Mother Dorothy and Me	Hills (about 1943)

Carolyn, Robert, Bobby, Ernestine, Mary		Wilbur{Bill}, Jim, Hazel, Bob, Dottie

At six weeks old I was adopted by Robert and Ernestine Denoncour. Until their passing they did there very best, every day, to be good parents.
Catholic Charities in Dorchester Massachusetts handled the adoption. I was Baptized into the Catholic Church at two days old.
When taken to my first home I met my two older sisters Mary and Carolyn. Well, they met me. At six weeks I had no idea what was happening.
I would stay at that same home until I was 20. I attended Sacred Hearts School in Bradford, Haverhill High School, and Northern Essex Community College.
From there I headed to Scottsbluff Nebraska for 2 more years and a BA in psychology.
Long story short, I moved to South Florida, took my first job (lasted 18 years), got married, and we had our first child. All within first year after college graduation.
Before leaving my first job in retail we had three girls and one boy in our family. We lived in Boca Raton, Florida.
I started my own security camera business and that brought me to retirement around 2010.
I moved to North Florida to be with two of my daughters and thirteen grandchildren. My other two children are now in San Antonio Texas with three more grandchildren.
Long hours and hard work was behind me in retirement and I had time to reflect on my life. I even joined an Ancestry company to learn my biological heritage.
Well - English, Scottish, Irish, Wales and a little Scandinavian showed up on my DNA.
A couple weeks ago Ancestry emailed me with their now larger data base. Same heritage .... but they added a first cousin!!!!!
A quick exchange of emails and on March 7th 2020 I met with one uncle (my mother's brother) two of his four sons, and their wives.
They could not possibly have been more gracious, more loving, and more accepting of their new relatives (me and my oldest daughter who came with me).
We are already planning more get-togethers with more of our family members.
The only disappointment was learning my mother, Dorothy passed away on January 31, 1970. She was only 43 years old. This was the time of my college senior year.
By the way her family welcomed me, it is obvious that Dottie was loved and cherished by her family.

This is Dottie my biological mother.	Dottie and me at about same age.	Dottie - Weatherfields, Connecticut	Dottie in Boston, MA

Dottie loved to Ride	My mother and cousin Karen. Karen is James's Daughter	Uncle James and Uncle Bob Dottie's Brothers	My son Andrew and me. Seems like all men have same look.

3/7/2020 Meet My Family

Dorothy Shirley Hills DeSantis

3/7/2020

Jeff, Uncle Bob, Me. Tim

Uncle Bob, Me, Aunt Mary

7/18/27 -- 1/31/70

Sussette with Aunt Mary

Chrissi, Tim, Jeff

Me and Uncle Bob	Aunt Marry and Sussette	Me and Aunt Mary	Bob, Me, Sussette, Mary


Uncle Bob - Dottie's youngest brother	Bob Me Aunt Mary	Jeff Me Tim - 1st cousins	Jeff Me Sussette Tim

Eventually, we started to share pictures to help us get to know one another's history.

Armand, Dottie, Karen, Jim	Ethel Allison, Hazel Hills, Mary Hills Baby Tim - Christening	Hazel and Bill {Wilber} Hills - 50th Anniversary Backyard in Georgetown, MA	Dorothy - Lake Attitash - Amesbury, MA

My children and Dottie's family have been communicating and exchanging many pictures.

I've got a lot of sorting out to do. I'll be using this page to share everybody's pictures with all family

Dottie and Marion Ashline	Dottie & her Mom, Hazel	Dottie and Mary	Armand DeSantis and Dorothy