Where do I start?

You could start by going to the vital records place, and look under the year, and date of the birth, and see on the birth cert. to see what his parents names are.

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Can you advise of your mother's maiden name that would have been on your brother's original birth certificate? My husband was adopted in 1964 in Sacramento, (90 min from SF.)

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