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Mary Anne has contacted the family and we are speaking privately. The family has been inundated with calls. We are all mourning Thomas’ loss and are moving ahead slowly. Thank you all for your help and consideration.
******9TH JANUARY 2023 UPDATE: **** Mary Anne is in contact with her new found family and they are requesting no more phone calls to them from viewers. Please let's respect that. 🙏 There will be another update vlog coming soon! 👍
******5TH JUNE 2023 UPDATE: **** MARY ANNE FOUND HER REAL FATHER FRANK DAVISSON. VIDEO CAN BE SEEN HERE: ruclips.net/video/atPKaCF8Vlc/видео.html Mary Anne is in contact with her Father who we found through DNA testing it was NOT Thomas Gemelli. Please no more phone calls to any of the Gemelli's.. Please let's respect that. There will be another update vlog coming soon! Leah and Blair Slog FB Page: facebook.com/LeahandBlair?mibextid=ZbWKwL
Can’t be sure but there is a guy in FB with the same name, fits the age range and from an area of the US ,MA with a large Italian American population.I’m guessing the same guy you/she is checking though
Wonderful video. Fate seemed to have played a big part here for this dear lady. Hats off to the gentleman who helped her find her father and details. Sorry he died too soon to meet but there are others in the family. God bless you.
Thank you, Ma'am... I really do hope and pray too, that I would get a chance to meet my half siblings... Happy New Year to you and your family, Ma'am... 😊❤️🥂🍾🎉🎊
@@handsomeman-pm9vy Hi Sir... To answer your question, I wanted to meet my Father for I wanted to ask him why he didn't look for me, when I was a kid. But now I know the reason why and I don't blame him for that. He had a valid reason why he had to do, what he had to do. He just did the right thing... Happy New Year to you and your family, Sir... 😊❤️🥂🍾🎉🎊
@@handsomeman-pm9vy None of my buzniz but FYI there's many stories like this in countries with USA military bases. My own cousin a FilAm was assigned in GB. When he came back this lovely British lady followed him and never left him. She cooked better dinuguan, pancit, igado than any of us Filipinos. Now my own kid is assigned in Europe by the border of Ukraine. Learning lessons from all these stories, I told him to be a good Kid and stop monkey around on those local women because it's the Kids that's affected and suffer. I feel for you Maryanne you have a very good voice and talent. Your English is excellent and way better than any of us. I would suggest you go to the US 🇺🇸embassy there and asked for help to connect with your family. She's not after the money or benefit. I can see her sincerity. She wants to know and meet her father sad to hear he was gone before she met him. You're in a better place right now Maryanne. Stay strong and God bless. I will be the first one to knock the head of my kid if he do this. Filipinos are family oriented and devoted catholics like Italian. I will pray and hope the family will reach out to you and reconnect for your own closure. God bless Ma'am.
Thank you, Ma'am... I am very grateful to all of you here, for showing me you all care... Especially to Mr. Blair and his wife... Happy New Year, Ma'am and to everyone in your family... 😊❤️🥂🍾🎉🎊
Hey Blair. I just found that woman's biological father Thomas Gemelli just passed away Nov 2022 but he has a son who has the same name but its a jr. Thomas Gemelli resided in Waltham Massachusets and also where he died. I hope this is helpful.
RIP, Thomas. That was just last month. Too bad they didn't have a chance to connect one last time. But sometimes this is all for the better. I reconnected with the father who abandoned me and let's just say here that I'm just glad I didn't grow up with him. I got lucky. I am sure Mary Anne is matured to understand some things happen for a reason.
@@denniszenanywhere Hello there... I am sorry to hear about your story too... As for my side, I wanted to meet him to thank him for this life, even though I am not sure if he knew that he had me. And even if I wasn't sure that he would accept me... I just wanted him to know that he had a daughter here in the Philippines... Life may not be perfect for me, but I love it and I am very grateful that God has given me this chance and for making my parents the instruments in bringing me out into this world... I am still hoping and praying though that God will give me the chance to connect me to my roots... 🙏❤️
@@maryannecastillote9176 We're both abandoned children but how we look at things differently. I did look at it from your perspective when I desperately wanted to connect with my parents (both mother and father abandoned me) but after suffering from verbal and near physical abuse from my father later in a father-son reunion and my mother not petitioning me to join her in another country, I had to fend for myself and accept my fate. Abandonment turned out to be good for me, it made me a stronger person, empathetic and always caring for other people, a determined high achiever...If you don't get to connect with your family in the States, I am sure you will still be fine, having survived all this time without them. Self-realization gives us strength. Happy new year!
Blair, I just watched your video, and I’ve found the obituary of a Thomas gemelli Sr, who just passed away on 21 Nov 22. He had been married 49 years to his widow. He was a Vietnam vet who had served in the Air Force. Maybe someone else can pick up the ball.
@@maryannecastillote9176if this was your dad, I hope you’ll be able to get closure to your very long search. I also hope you receive a positive welcome from your siblings. Good luck and keep your head up, cause you’re a wonderful person
@@maryannecastillote9176 google your dads name and his obituary will come up. Right down the names of all your brothers, and sister, then reach out to one of them. If you do not hear a reply, then try another or one of the spouses.
Ms. Mary Anne have a singing talent!I Praying and hoping to found her Father and meet him in the future and personally see his lost American Father since 1973!
God Bless you Blair, and God Bless you Mary Anne. This changes Mary Annes life to have information finally about her Dad. I hope you can find out more about her other family overseas. Thank you Mr Blair, awesome job of help and another great and always interesting and entertaining video. Gods Blessing for 2023 for you and family, Mary Anne also🙏😊💫👍👍😁
Thank you, Sir... I am very hopeful still, in finding them. I would love to see them and talk to them, even through video calling only... If given the chance, I would love to, really... Happy New Year Sir and to everyone in your family... 😊❤️🥂🍾🎉🎊
@@maryannecastillote9176 Thank you Mary Anne :) I have prayed you will be, in Gods timing, brought together with the rest of your overseas family, and they will embrace you. God Bless you Mary Anne💫🙏👍
Hello Po... Thanks for the compliments Po... 😊 With regards to my parents Po, I don't know, maybe they had their own reasons why this happened. But I don't hate them both, Po... I am even grateful to them both, especially to my Mother, for choosing to keep me, over abortion. To think that she was alone when she had me. I am very grateful to both of them for being the instruments whom God used to bring me out into this world... 😊❤️🙏
Mary Anne's father most likely this person. Thomas Gemilli, Air Force veteran. Served in Vietnam. He was around South East Asia around the time Mary Anne was born (1973). More than likely Vietnam vets start and are based in the Philippines and do tours to Vietnam. This is the closest you can get to the father of Mary Anne. Sadly he died few a couple of months ago on November 21, 2022. He was 75.
Wow... this Walk & Talk to the Filipino's is a great way to showcase the happy go lucky attitude of the Philippine People, You, Mr. Blair have hit gold with Mary Anne story of hope, it seems so... how wonderful it will be for her to get closure & maybe some photo's of her Dad, well done to all involved, especially to you Blair...your interest in Mary Anne's story, just may of snowballed into a wonderful story, the power of the RUclips... amazing. Wishing You & Yours an Exciting 2023... Happy New Year 🍻
Big Kev, yes it was nice to bump into Mary Anne as I walked through the market and even more incredible she shared her story with me about her father. 🙏 Hope this gets some closure and opens up new doors for her. Thanks as always for watching, what can I do next?🤔
@@LeahandBlair G'day Blair, what to do next you ask, well, I think keep doing what your doing...the Walk & Talk is a great concept for everyone, it helps showcase You, the Filipino People the Area or town, plus the Subscribers I'm sure. If I was to expand it further I would be asking yourself the "What If" stuff, meeting the shop owners & workers is fantastic, chatting to all along the way, great...but if you were to ask yourself If I was to arrive as a Newby in one of these Towns... what is it that I would need to know, where would I be staying... bike Rentals, Budget, Rental costs, best Internet Provider Etc. Giving the Foreigners Options by Promoting your City rather than Cebu it just might be a winner as well as the Meet & Greet
Taken onboard 💯 as you know I was really shy to do this at the start, it's taken me a whole year to get over this fear. I am pushing myself with the support of Leah May also! 🇵🇭😍🇦🇺 Thanks Kev
This is a reminder of how blessed I am. I’m half Filipina, born in Olongapo. It didn’t work out between my birth father and my mother so we were alone with our extended family for about a year. She met another American, we immigrated to America, and I was adopted by him when they got married. He is an AWESOME father. What about my birth father? He is just as awesome because he never stopped being in contact with me. I’m so glad Mary Anne had a happy ending like me. My cousin who is half, still hasn’t met her American father and she’s about the same age as Mary Anne.
Good luck Mary Anne. Please do not hesitate to contact your half siblings. Lemme ask you though. If you were the half sibling, would you be so much willing to meet your long lost sibling from across the globe that you never knew existed? Guess your sibs feels the same way too. Check out or look for their IG, FB, TWITTER accounts. Try to introduce yourself. For sure they will be so surprised and thankful. Good luck and God bless.
Hello Ma'am/Sir... I would surely love to meet them. I am very happy to know that I have half siblings. As for their side, I don't know. They have no idea about me too and they are still mourning over his death right now. Only time will tell, really... ❤️🙏
Oh sorry, your question rather is if I were them, would I be happy to meet my half sibling whom I didn't know existed. Yes, I would surely love to meet him/her... He or she didn't do anything wrong. He or she didn't choose to be born this way. It wasn't his/her choice and decision. It was his/her parents'... 🙏❤️
LIVING BEING IS OUR RACE, MANKIND IS OUR RELIGION, HINDU,MUSLIM,SIKH,CHRISTAIN, THERE IS NO SEPARATE RELIGION ALMIGHTY GOD KABIR is the father of all souls that JESUS, MOHAMMAD, GURU NANAK, VEDH was telling in BIBLE, QURAN, GURU GRANTHA SAHEB .. In OLD Orthodox Jewish Bible KABIR is mentioned...KABIR means (GREAT or MIGHTY GOD) in hebrew...but when translated in different languages translator removed KABIR word
Someone already reported that a certain Thomas Gemelli who was in the US Air Force and served in Vietnam passed away last Nov. 21, 2022. He could be her dad because of his age when he died which was 75. Sorry to bring you this sad news. She looks nice and kind and wish her all the best and hope she finds love and happiness in this world.
She needs to get her DNA tested so that her relatives who had their DNA tested in the U.S. can find each other, so many stories of U.S. soldiers children find their half brothers or their fathers when they take their DNA tested.
@@maryannecastillote9176 Here is the tip ... USA law said You and your kids are American citizens born outside the united states, because your biological father is american citizen.
@@pepperjack-ue7dc Hello there, Sir... Thank you for this info... Only God knows Sir, what are His plans for me... I will just leave it all up to Him... Happy New Year, Sir Jack... 😊❤️🥂🍾🎉🎊
I just writing you to let you know that her father died November 21 2022 I. Waltham, he born June 18 1947,he was 75 years old he pass after an illness,so sorry for her,she has more brother and sister,if you Google his name you will see his pic and all information
Thomas Gemelli, Sr. June 18, 1947 - November 21, 2022 Waltham Mr. Thomas Gemelli Sr., of Waltham, died Monday, November 21, 2022 after an illness. He was 75. Tom was born on June 18, 1947 in Winthrop a son of the late John and Flora (Poretta) Gemelli. He was raised in Waltham and was a graduate of Waltham High School. He served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War where he learned to be a technician.
Just an FYI for the viewers: There are 2 Naga Cities in the Philippines. Mr Blair is exploring Naga City near Cebu City, different from the other Naga City in Camarines Sur in Bicol.
Back in the days, Naga was not yet a city, now it's progressive and very nice...Used to be one dusty town because of Tinaan and stinky because of pig farms along the highway. Now it has changed for the better. I would love to visit Naga city on our way to Carcar city one of these days...Of course I've only been back on the island twice since I left there in 1983. I will visit again perhaps next year.
Yeah I almost booked at the wrong Naga hotel 😂 I stayed in the one in Naga Cebu it’s probably the only hotel there to be closer to my LDR 😍 i just returned last night from the Philippines 🇵🇭
a old shipmate that had a child and didn't know it in Philippines..she found him through genealogy research...she was born in subic bay....long story short she is a anesthesiologist in a major hospital in California...and he is very happy and proud of her
@@LeahandBlair True story her story was rough, but it worked out because she never gave up. A lot of Filipinos give and resigned themselves to Filipinos life, but she wanted more and took chances after her mother abandoned her. Genealogy led to my shipmates family his brother. But his brother was never in the Philippines, but his my shipmate had been. They did a test and in a month the test proved he was the father. She came to the U.S. after being a nurse aid in a Philippines hospital on a work program under then President Obama made available. Under Trump that program was terminated. She had made the best of that time with college and overtime to her current position. She is making close to a $100,000 a year. Yet she is blessed to know her father and to her future. I know a lot about her but I'm holding back..Be Blessed. When I come there I'm coming there for a reason.
I have another story coming in a few days..USS Bennington. Father returned back to the states end of 68, he was married to his Filipina and he had even got Passports and affidavits for immigration..then she changed address here in the Philippines and they lost contact!!!
@@LeahandBlair Wow! Why would she do that knowing what was about to happen...and 68 that is a lot of time....but the internet has been bringing gaps in everyone's life....side note: Something I recently found out in a documentary that Gary Ridgeway the Green River serial killer was stationed in Subic Bay...I was first in Subic in 1982 and they spoke of finding dead Filipina women there. But he was there between 78 and 82. He killed over 90 women in the U.S. I doubt he just started in the United States
@@thebarbers2273 yes, why wait til the US to do that deed. Yikes.😱 I'm not sure why she change address at the time...video out in a few days..I'm gonna be amazed what happened with this story with internet detectives on the case.👍
We are hoping that any family will be receptive of Mary Anne Sir. 🙏 Already we are being called scammers. So I am sure Mary Anne wants to do a DNA test for any relatives she finds. 🙂
Thank you sir for this good video, now I see the beautiful of Naga City,some day I like to visit this City. I like the Phrases, Utang Lipay, Bayad Likay,Tindera Patay! Hahahaha. Watching from Taytay,Rizal,near Manila. God be with us all.
Hello Blair nice video, I enjoyed your interactions with the locals. I did a search on the info given by Mary Ann; however, it's the same as what others have posted. I hope she can connect with some of her half-siblings and/or relatives and wish her all the best. 🙏
Something is in the proceedings, will update everybody in another vlog soon. Don't forget to like and subscribe with turn on that notification 🔔 to follow this story also. Really appreciate your comment BJ. Blair
Wow but I was come visit Cebu city I have long distance relationship . We have good time together. And all people are nice and good food too . I will come back again soon and I am from American 🇺🇸.
Wife is from Naga City & worked for the government at city hall. We were there last summer and are glad they finished some repairs. Her family lives in Naalad barungi. We love the area too. Has a really good breeze off the ocean and mountains.
@@LeahandBlair Sorry, didn't get notification. We are living in the US & try to go home (City of Naga) once every 4 years until two oldest graduate from high school.
Mary Anne has a nice voice ! shes has a season voice which shes been with it for a long time, i hope she can find her other related family in US and may she stay healty and find happines a in years ahead 😎
If one of your parent abandoned you. You don’t go out and look for that person. That person is not part of your life anymore. You give your love and attention to the person who stayed x2.
Hello Sir... I respect your opinion . But I am sorry to say that you are not the one on my shoe. I hope you respect my decision too. I was loved and taken cared of by my late grandparents who brought me up since I was a kid. And very grateful to them. But there's this missing piece that I've been looking for, my whole life and now that I see a light at the end of the tunnel and finally knowing the truth about why my Father did what he had to do for a valid reason, I will go on. It's not you who will be affected when that time comes, it'll be me. So I hope you will understand and respect how I feel. Salamat Po and Happy New Year... 😊❤️🥂🍾🎉🎊
Hello Mr Blair you are doing a great job I am watching from Dominica in the Caribbean I was in the same situation the father my mum gave me from brith it was at the age of 12 years old I found my right father so I feel their pain
Good Day The leah and blair slog, We are glad to have someone helping amerasians thru social media here in the Philippines, we have a lot of that kind of stories, but the real problem is the battle of whole amerasians group for them to be recognize by the united states law, w/c is they exclude Philippines, to get recognized, pls give the amerasian group a chance let their voice heard.
Oh Sir Blair, my Mom is FIL-AM, were living in Naga Cebu also 😳😳😳😳 Sir, we got documents of his Father for longest time. My Mom just turned 55 on 5th, he lost his father when she was 5 years old. We keep praying and hoping his still alive or any update. Many thanks. God bless.
UPDATE: Thomas Gemelli was NOT the father!
FULL VIDEO here:
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Mary Anne has contacted the family and we are speaking privately. The family has been inundated with calls. We are all mourning Thomas’ loss and are moving ahead slowly. Thank you all for your help and consideration.
******9TH JANUARY 2023 UPDATE: ****
Mary Anne is in contact with her new found family and they are requesting no more phone calls to them from viewers. Please let's respect that. 🙏 There will be another update vlog coming soon! 👍
This is awesome news that the reconnection has occurred. My condolences for Thomas’ lost. #AmazingGrace
So sorrowful.
Is the loss military
******5TH JUNE 2023 UPDATE: ****
MARY ANNE FOUND HER REAL FATHER FRANK DAVISSON.
VIDEO CAN BE SEEN HERE: ruclips.net/video/atPKaCF8Vlc/видео.html
Mary Anne is in contact with her Father who we found through DNA testing it was NOT Thomas Gemelli. Please no more phone calls to any of the Gemelli's.. Please let's respect that. There will be another update vlog coming soon!
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Agreed
I'm hopping this is not her father Thomas gemelli that I found
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Can’t be sure but there is a guy in FB with the same name, fits the age range and from an area of the US ,MA with a large Italian American population.I’m guessing the same guy you/she is checking though
Omg this woman can sing her voice is so soulful
Yes its really nice! Thanks
@@LeahandBlair I found your channel by accident that’s a good thing you are trying to help this woman find her father
Thank you Po... 😊🙏
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The last part of the video" she really is a good singer with a great soul....
Hi Brad. Yes the part where Mary Anne singing is already make me cry! 🙏
Salamat Po... Happy New Year to everyone in your family... 😊❤️🥂🍾🎉🎊
It’s not who your dad is, it matters only who you are .
Easy said than done, i even look for my cat's dad in the alley.
Wonderful video. Fate seemed to have played a big part here for this dear lady. Hats off to the gentleman who helped her find her father and details. Sorry he died too soon to meet but there are others in the family. God bless you.
Yes let's see what happens with the other family members.
Thank you, Ma'am... I really do hope and pray too, that I would get a chance to meet my half siblings... Happy New Year to you and your family, Ma'am... 😊❤️🥂🍾🎉🎊
Why would she want to meet her father when her father does not want to meet her?
@@handsomeman-pm9vy Hi Sir... To answer your question, I wanted to meet my Father for I wanted to ask him why he didn't look for me, when I was a kid. But now I know the reason why and I don't blame him for that. He had a valid reason why he had to do, what he had to do. He just did the right thing... Happy New Year to you and your family, Sir... 😊❤️🥂🍾🎉🎊
@@handsomeman-pm9vy
None of my buzniz but FYI there's many stories like this in countries with USA military bases. My own cousin a FilAm was assigned in GB. When he came back this lovely British lady followed him and never left him. She cooked better dinuguan, pancit, igado than any of us Filipinos. Now my own kid is assigned in Europe by the border of Ukraine. Learning lessons from all these stories, I told him to be a good Kid and stop monkey around on those local women because it's the Kids that's affected and suffer. I feel for you Maryanne you have a very good voice and talent. Your English is excellent and way better than any of us. I would suggest you go to the US 🇺🇸embassy there and asked for help to connect with your family. She's not after the money or benefit. I can see her sincerity. She wants to know and meet her father sad to hear he was gone before she met him. You're in a better place right now Maryanne. Stay strong and God bless. I will be the first one to knock the head of my kid if he do this. Filipinos are family oriented and devoted catholics like Italian. I will pray and hope the family will reach out to you and reconnect for your own closure. God bless Ma'am.
So glad I read all the comments for an update. How wonderful but sad at the same time. Good luck Mary Ann
& you have a beautiful singing voice.
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Wow she's very talented 👏 😍 hope she finds more info about her dad. Happy new year Mr. Blair and family. From your fan in 🇨🇦 .
Thank you, Ma'am... I am very grateful to all of you here, for showing me you all care... Especially to Mr. Blair and his wife... Happy New Year, Ma'am and to everyone in your family... 😊❤️🥂🍾🎉🎊
Maam Henson!! 💯🤙
Hey Blair. I just found that woman's biological father Thomas Gemelli just passed away Nov 2022 but he has a son who has the same name but its a jr. Thomas Gemelli resided in Waltham Massachusets and also where he died. I hope this is helpful.
RIP, Thomas. That was just last month. Too bad they didn't have a chance to connect one last time. But sometimes this is all for the better. I reconnected with the father who abandoned me and let's just say here that I'm just glad I didn't grow up with him. I got lucky. I am sure Mary Anne is matured to understand some things happen for a reason.
Thanks checking
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@@denniszenanywhere Hello there... I am sorry to hear about your story too... As for my side, I wanted to meet him to thank him for this life, even though I am not sure if he knew that he had me. And even if I wasn't sure that he would accept me... I just wanted him to know that he had a daughter here in the Philippines... Life may not be perfect for me, but I love it and I am very grateful that God has given me this chance and for making my parents the instruments in bringing me out into this world... I am still hoping and praying though that God will give me the chance to connect me to my roots... 🙏❤️
@@maryannecastillote9176 We're both abandoned children but how we look at things differently. I did look at it from your perspective when I desperately wanted to connect with my parents (both mother and father abandoned me) but after suffering from verbal and near physical abuse from my father later in a father-son reunion and my mother not petitioning me to join her in another country, I had to fend for myself and accept my fate. Abandonment turned out to be good for me, it made me a stronger person, empathetic and always caring for other people, a determined high achiever...If you don't get to connect with your family in the States, I am sure you will still be fine, having survived all this time without them. Self-realization gives us strength. Happy new year!
Blair, I just watched your video, and I’ve found the obituary of a Thomas gemelli Sr, who just passed away on 21 Nov 22. He had been married 49 years to his widow. He was a Vietnam vet who had served in the Air Force. Maybe someone else can pick up the ball.
Thanks on to it! 👍
Thank you so much Po, Sir Sammy... 😊❤️🙏
@@maryannecastillote9176if this was your dad, I hope you’ll be able to get closure to your very long search. I also hope you receive a positive welcome from your siblings. Good luck and keep your head up, cause you’re a wonderful person
@@sammydavis2666 Hopefully, Sir... Only God knows, really... Thanks a lot Sir... 😊❤️
@@maryannecastillote9176 google your dads name and his obituary will come up. Right down the names of all your brothers, and sister, then reach out to one of them. If you do not hear a reply, then try another or one of the spouses.
Ms. Mary Anne have a singing talent!I Praying and hoping to found her Father and meet him in the future and personally see his lost American Father since 1973!
Thanks 💯
God Bless you Blair, and God Bless you Mary Anne. This changes Mary Annes life to have information finally about her Dad. I hope you can find out more about her other family overseas. Thank you Mr Blair, awesome job of help and another great and always interesting and entertaining video. Gods Blessing for 2023 for you and family, Mary Anne also🙏😊💫👍👍😁
Yes let's hope the other family members will embrace Mary Anne and understand what she has had to go through. Thanks for support. 👍
Thank you, Sir... I am very hopeful still, in finding them. I would love to see them and talk to them, even through video calling only... If given the chance, I would love to, really... Happy New Year Sir and to everyone in your family... 😊❤️🥂🍾🎉🎊
@@maryannecastillote9176 Thank you Mary Anne :) I have prayed you will be, in Gods timing, brought together with the rest of your overseas family, and they will embrace you. God Bless you Mary Anne💫🙏👍
@@LeahandBlair Very welcome, thank you for supporting Mary Anne..good on ya mate👍👍😎
@@bluesart7 Thank you for praying for this journey of finding my roots, Sir... Very much appreciated... 😊❤️
Thank you Mr. Blair and Mary Anne for sharing your story! Happy New Year!!!...
Happy New Year to you as well... Maraming salamat Po... 😊❤️🥂🍾🎉🎊
Hi Raul 👍
Mary An seems to be a great lady. I can never understand how can fathers abandon their children.
Hello Po... Thanks for the compliments Po... 😊 With regards to my parents Po, I don't know, maybe they had their own reasons why this happened. But I don't hate them both, Po... I am even grateful to them both, especially to my Mother, for choosing to keep me, over abortion. To think that she was alone when she had me. I am very grateful to both of them for being the instruments whom God used to bring me out into this world... 😊❤️🙏
Great lady
Mary Anne's father most likely this person. Thomas Gemilli, Air Force veteran. Served in Vietnam. He was around South East Asia around the time Mary Anne was born (1973). More than likely Vietnam vets start and are based in the Philippines and do tours to Vietnam. This is the closest you can get to the father of Mary Anne. Sadly he died few a couple of months ago on November 21, 2022. He was 75.
Thanks for the info! 💯. We will have another vlog next week with information you and some other viewers have found! 👍
Hello Sir, thanks for the help, Sir... ❤️😊
Holy shit i think you were actually correct.
I love your video, It's so inspiring for me! Thank you for uploading.
Thank you
Happy new year to all here. Let's have a blessed 2023
Hey John, enjoy the crazy fireworks and horns where you are mate!! Cheers Leah and Blair. All d best for 2023. Hope we meet soon! Blair 🇵🇭👍🤟
Wow... this Walk & Talk to the Filipino's is a great way to showcase the happy go lucky attitude of the Philippine People, You, Mr. Blair have hit gold with Mary Anne story of hope, it seems so... how wonderful it will be for her to get closure & maybe some photo's of her Dad, well done to all involved, especially to you Blair...your interest in Mary Anne's story, just may of snowballed into a wonderful story, the power of the RUclips... amazing.
Wishing You & Yours an Exciting 2023... Happy New Year 🍻
Hello, Sir Kevin... Thank you, Sir... Happy New Year to you and your family... 😊❤️🥂🍾🎉🎊
Big Kev, yes it was nice to bump into Mary Anne as I walked through the market and even more incredible she shared her story with me about her father. 🙏 Hope this gets some closure and opens up new doors for her. Thanks as always for watching, what can I do next?🤔
@@LeahandBlair G'day Blair, what to do next you ask, well, I think keep doing what your doing...the Walk & Talk is a great concept for everyone, it helps showcase You, the Filipino People the Area or town, plus the Subscribers I'm sure.
If I was to expand it further I would be asking yourself the "What If" stuff, meeting the shop owners & workers is fantastic, chatting to all along the way, great...but if you were to ask yourself If I was to arrive as a Newby in one of these Towns... what is it that I would need to know, where would I be staying... bike Rentals, Budget, Rental costs, best Internet Provider Etc.
Giving the Foreigners Options by Promoting your City rather than Cebu it just might be a winner as well as the Meet & Greet
Taken onboard 💯 as you know I was really shy to do this at the start, it's taken me a whole year to get over this fear. I am pushing myself with the support of Leah May also! 🇵🇭😍🇦🇺 Thanks Kev
Check mo to baka ito na father na hinahanap mo
Great story, I hope she finds her father.
Thanks for appreciating Sir!! 💯👍
This is a reminder of how blessed I am. I’m half Filipina, born in Olongapo. It didn’t work out between my birth father and my mother so we were alone with our extended family for about a year. She met another American, we immigrated to America, and I was adopted by him when they got married. He is an AWESOME father. What about my birth father? He is just as awesome because he never stopped being in contact with me. I’m so glad Mary Anne had a happy ending like me. My cousin who is half, still hasn’t met her American father and she’s about the same age as Mary Anne.
Thank you for sharing. Please watch latest video on our channel re Mary Anne maam.
Good luck Mary Anne. Please do not hesitate to contact your half siblings. Lemme ask you though. If you were the half sibling, would you be so much willing to meet your long lost sibling from across the globe that you never knew existed? Guess your sibs feels the same way too. Check out or look for their IG, FB, TWITTER accounts. Try to introduce yourself. For sure they will be so surprised and thankful. Good luck and God bless.
Hello Ma'am/Sir... I would surely love to meet them. I am very happy to know that I have half siblings. As for their side, I don't know. They have no idea about me too and they are still mourning over his death right now. Only time will tell, really... ❤️🙏
Oh sorry, your question rather is if I were them, would I be happy to meet my half sibling whom I didn't know existed. Yes, I would surely love to meet him/her... He or she didn't do anything wrong. He or she didn't choose to be born this way. It wasn't his/her choice and decision. It was his/her parents'... 🙏❤️
LIVING BEING IS OUR RACE, MANKIND IS OUR RELIGION, HINDU,MUSLIM,SIKH,CHRISTAIN, THERE IS NO SEPARATE RELIGION
ALMIGHTY GOD KABIR is the father of all souls that JESUS, MOHAMMAD, GURU NANAK, VEDH was telling in BIBLE, QURAN, GURU GRANTHA SAHEB
.. In OLD Orthodox Jewish Bible KABIR is mentioned...KABIR means (GREAT or MIGHTY GOD) in hebrew...but when translated in different languages translator removed KABIR word
What a story,,,, hoping that she finds her father very soon....... great voice mam mam mary anne........
JC the Barber Vlog. 😀👍 Amigo thanks for watching another Slog. We will have another video coming out soon! 🤩
Share Brad! ❤️
Why she want to find her father when her father does not want to find her?
Someone already reported that a certain Thomas Gemelli who was in the US Air Force and served in Vietnam passed away last Nov. 21, 2022. He could be her dad because of his age when he died which was 75. Sorry to bring you this sad news. She looks nice and kind and wish her all the best and hope she finds love and happiness in this world.
Part 2 coming in a couple of Days.👍
She needs to get her DNA tested so that her relatives who had their DNA tested in the U.S. can find each other, so many stories of U.S. soldiers children find their half brothers or their fathers when they take their DNA tested.
Thanks for the info, Po... I am willing to do DNA testing if this will be of help... ❤️🙏
Well done! Let's do this! 😃
@@maryannecastillote9176 Here is the tip ... USA law said You and your kids are American citizens born outside the united states, because your biological father is american citizen.
@@pepperjack-ue7dc Hello there, Sir... Thank you for this info... Only God knows Sir, what are His plans for me... I will just leave it all up to Him... Happy New Year, Sir Jack... 😊❤️🥂🍾🎉🎊
@@maryannecastillote9176 Good luck ...
Yep! DNA. That is how we found my dad's American family in the States. And WOW she has an amazing voice. Better than the original!!!!
Thanks for the compliments Po, Sir... I am willing to undergo DNA testing, if needed... Happy New Year po... 😊❤️🥂🍾🎉🎊
@@maryannecastillote9176 Buy the AncestryDNA Kit that will give you some answers. God Bless and Good Luck.
Nice of you to help finding her dad. I wish you could also help my girlfriend find her dad. She's 32yo now and have not seen her father since birth.
Please do an update video on Mary Anne and her new-found family. Thank you. 🙂
Hi Alan, it's in the process. Thanks for your support! 👍
I just writing you to let you know that her father died November 21 2022 I. Waltham, he born June 18 1947,he was 75 years old he pass after an illness,so sorry for her,she has more brother and sister,if you Google his name you will see his pic and all information
Thanks for helping find this info Tony. 💯
Thomas Gemelli, Sr.
June 18, 1947 - November 21, 2022
Waltham
Mr. Thomas Gemelli Sr., of Waltham, died Monday, November 21, 2022 after an illness. He was 75.
Tom was born on June 18, 1947 in Winthrop a son of the late John and Flora (Poretta) Gemelli. He was raised in Waltham and was a graduate of Waltham High School. He served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War where he learned to be a technician.
Hi Brett, good work 👍, let's see what happens with Mary Anne at this time.🙏
Thank you Po for hoping out... Appreciated much... 😊❤️
Just an FYI for the viewers: There are 2 Naga Cities in the Philippines. Mr Blair is exploring Naga City near Cebu City, different from the other Naga City in Camarines Sur in Bicol.
A fine point I forgot to mention! 🤭 thanks Alex Samson 👍
Back in the days, Naga was not yet a city, now it's progressive and very nice...Used to be one dusty town because of Tinaan and stinky because of pig farms along the highway. Now it has changed for the better. I would love to visit Naga city on our way to Carcar city one of these days...Of course I've only been back on the island twice since I left there in 1983. I will visit again perhaps next year.
@juancheros..tenx, really thought it was in bicol region 😊
Yeah I almost booked at the wrong Naga hotel 😂 I stayed in the one in Naga Cebu it’s probably the only hotel there to be closer to my LDR 😍 i just returned last night from the Philippines 🇵🇭
Oh God Bless You, Thank You Sir, You're An Angel. Also Those Who Helped ❤️
good job...mr. Blair ..this video make me push the button subscribe...and going to watch part 2
And that's awesome! 😀 thanks.
Wow galing Pala komanta sa last part
Salamat Po... ❤😊
Really nice of you to let her tell her story about her father. I hope she get some new about him!
Thanks! 💯🙏😃🇦🇺🇵🇭💯
2nd part uploaded 👍
Hoping na Makita na Ang father mo
Good job master Blair👏👏👏🙏
Nice vlog 🎉keep it up ❤
Thanks for watching ❤️
a old shipmate that had a child and didn't know it in Philippines..she found him through genealogy research...she was born in subic bay....long story short she is a anesthesiologist in a major hospital in California...and he is very happy and proud of her
Wow a nice story to share Sir. 👍
@@LeahandBlair True story her story was rough, but it worked out because she never gave up. A lot of Filipinos give and resigned themselves to Filipinos life, but she wanted more and took chances after her mother abandoned her. Genealogy led to my shipmates family his brother. But his brother was never in the Philippines, but his my shipmate had been. They did a test and in a month the test proved he was the father. She came to the U.S. after being a nurse aid in a Philippines hospital on a work program under then President Obama made available. Under Trump that program was terminated. She had made the best of that time with college and overtime to her current position. She is making close to a $100,000 a year. Yet she is blessed to know her father and to her future. I know a lot about her but I'm holding back..Be Blessed. When I come there I'm coming there for a reason.
I have another story coming in a few days..USS Bennington. Father returned back to the states end of 68, he was married to his Filipina and he had even got Passports and affidavits for immigration..then she changed address here in the Philippines and they lost contact!!!
@@LeahandBlair Wow! Why would she do that knowing what was about to happen...and 68 that is a lot of time....but the internet has been bringing gaps in everyone's life....side note: Something I recently found out in a documentary that Gary Ridgeway the Green River serial killer was stationed in Subic Bay...I was first in Subic in 1982 and they spoke of finding dead Filipina women there. But he was there between 78 and 82. He killed over 90 women in the U.S. I doubt he just started in the United States
@@thebarbers2273 yes, why wait til the US to do that deed. Yikes.😱 I'm not sure why she change address at the time...video out in a few days..I'm gonna be amazed what happened with this story with internet detectives on the case.👍
She's a wonderful singer.
Too much agreed!! 🤝 👍👍👍👍
Lovely video love you 😍
She is a great singer, make a RUclips mam covering your fave songs,I'm sure it will be a hit
I hope she does too!
Hopefully she can find her American roots. And she should join singing contest like The Voice, X factor Philippines!
I love it was, a completely random meeting that leads to her finding the father she has thought she had all her life.
wow she has great voice.
Absolutely 😃
she got beautiful voice
Thank you Po... 😊❤️
Awesome hopefully she finds him.
wow, glad i tead comments, a tad late but hopefully she can connect with her siblings.
I hope she find all her family not just her Dad especially if he has passed on
We are hoping that any family will be receptive of Mary Anne Sir. 🙏 Already we are being called scammers. So I am sure Mary Anne wants to do a DNA test for any relatives she finds. 🙂
We will do update vlog soon 🔜
great sharing Blair , watching from Charlotte NC
14:30, I have never heard so sweet a piece like that.
Oh, if I can get her album for it.
So sweet a worship piece.
It's awesome! 💯❤️
Good Day My Friend,.
Very Beautifu Place l Naga City walking Tour, Thank For Sharing this video Take Care Always God Bless You and Your Family.
Thanks for watching!! 🇵🇭💯❤️
Very fluent in English...wow
These Americans teach the world humanity lessons
Great👏👏👏
Thank you sir for this good video, now I see the beautiful of Naga City,some day I like to visit this City. I like the Phrases, Utang Lipay, Bayad Likay,Tindera Patay! Hahahaha. Watching from Taytay,Rizal,near Manila. God be with us all.
Sir, thank you for subscribing and giving appreciation.😀 Kind regards Mr Blair
I hope can find her father but must do patient
Incredible INCREDIBLE singer!!!!!!!!!!!
There's more to come!! 🖐💯
Happy new year Mr.Blair!🎆
Nina Jay! 🥳
Wow great story mate! It was so random but it was written in the stars. That was awesome!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hope You could make a second story of this lady, lucky she might found her father soon...
🇵🇭2nd story coming up very soon, don't forget to turn on Notification 🔔 🖐
2:37.. I just don't know why that popping sound makes me laugh🤣
I thought it was just me! 👍
Hello Blair nice video, I enjoyed your interactions with the locals. I did a search on the info given by Mary Ann; however, it's the same as what others have posted. I hope she can connect with some of her half-siblings and/or relatives and wish her all the best. 🙏
Hello Sir... Thanks for the help Po... Very much appreciated... 😊❤️
Something is in the proceedings, will update everybody in another vlog soon. Don't forget to like and subscribe with turn on that notification 🔔 to follow this story also. Really appreciate your comment BJ. Blair
@@maryannecastillote9176 You're welcome and good luck! 😊🙏
@@LeahandBlair You're welcome👍
@@bj5083 😊🙏
I found this ,i don't know if it's him but a bit ironic he's 75 and ex airforce
Thanks.
She shouldn’t be looking 4 him. He should be looking 4 her.
Wow but I was come visit Cebu city I have long distance relationship . We have good time together. And all people are nice and good food too .
I will come back again soon and I am from American 🇺🇸.
Thanks for appreciating the Philippines!🖐🇵🇭 Come back soon! 😃
Wife is from Naga City & worked for the government at city hall. We were there last summer and are glad they finished some repairs. Her family lives in Naalad barungi. We love the area too. Has a really good breeze off the ocean and mountains.
Where are you now? 👍
@@LeahandBlair Sorry, didn't get notification. We are living in the US & try to go home (City of Naga) once every 4 years until two oldest graduate from high school.
Nicely done up "mate"
Sad to say, I found an obituary. Don't know if it's same person, but the age is about right, and he was prior USAF.
Hi Darryl thanks for your help 💯💕 we are exploring these links further. Stay tuned for another update in a couple of days.
Mary Anne has a nice voice ! shes has a season voice which shes been with it for a long time, i hope she can find her other related family in US and may she stay healty and find happines a in years ahead 😎
Thank you Po, for the well wishes... Much appreciated Po... 😊❤️
my friends blair...thanks for your video, but i have questions whats your camera model, plz share hare i want to buy this one..
Go Pro 9
@@LeahandBlair thank you so much my dear friend love from india
Thank you also
Shout out my friend sending my full support my friend God bless
Shouted out!! 🇵🇭💯🇦🇺👍 RMD VLOGS!!
Found him…..he passed away in Nov 2022. Sorry to give you the news.
Thanks for helping.
Hi master sending support and stay connected
Cige Brad! 💯🖐
She Sang Very well 👏👏👏👏
😀
If one of your parent abandoned you. You don’t go out and look for that person. That person is not part of your life anymore. You give your love and attention to the person who stayed x2.
Hello Sir... I respect your opinion . But I am sorry to say that you are not the one on my shoe. I hope you respect my decision too. I was loved and taken cared of by my late grandparents who brought me up since I was a kid. And very grateful to them. But there's this missing piece that I've been looking for, my whole life and now that I see a light at the end of the tunnel and finally knowing the truth about why my Father did what he had to do for a valid reason, I will go on. It's not you who will be affected when that time comes, it'll be me. So I hope you will understand and respect how I feel. Salamat Po and Happy New Year... 😊❤️🥂🍾🎉🎊
if you can get American citizenship you do
@@maxblaser4939 Only HIM knows, Sir Max... 😊
She is so lovely.
Good job Blair, keep it up mate. 👍
This comment pushes me to go far!
Thanks for sharing and helping of Filpino people.. can you please help me to find my Husband too? His from canada.
Thanks!
wow ..$12 for a night.!! here in the US the worst room you can get and the cheapest is $60
😅🤭
Wow have a nice day.
This is a beautiful city,,,,pila kaha ang kantidad CC sa mga yuta dinhi 1 hectare
🙂Here I am not sure, in the mountain behind Naga will be cheap! Appreciate you continuing to watch our vlogs! 😃
Hello Mr Blair you are doing a great job I am watching from Dominica in the Caribbean I was in the same situation the father my mum gave me from brith it was at the age of 12 years old I found my right father so I feel their pain
Thanks for watching and sharing ❤️
Very interesting video.
Thank you
I havs been to cebu many times,heaps to do there.I will come again dec 2023.
Nice place sir.. maayong buntag ...
❤️👍
NAGA CITY CEBU CITY PENSION HOUSE BARATO SHORT TIME AND HAPPY NEW YEAR
A happy new year is had by all that stay there. at any time of the year! 😁
Welcome to my country my friend,,, i hope you are be come friend.
🇵🇭💯🇦🇺 amigo!!
nice video , does the lady know what state her dad is from ? I guess he would be 70 plus now
massachusetts.
Thanks for watching also. Stay tuned. More video coming! 👍
Good Day The leah and blair slog, We are glad to have someone helping amerasians thru social media here in the Philippines, we have a lot of that kind of stories, but the real problem is the battle of whole amerasians group for them to be recognize by the united states law, w/c is they exclude Philippines, to get recognized, pls give the amerasian group a chance let their voice heard.
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Oh Sir Blair, my Mom is FIL-AM, were living in Naga Cebu also 😳😳😳😳
Sir, we got documents of his Father for longest time. My Mom just turned 55 on 5th, he lost his father when she was 5 years old.
We keep praying and hoping his still alive or any update. Many thanks. God bless.
Hi 💕 Please send me a message via "The Leah and Blair Slog" on Facebook so we can look into it further with you po.👍 bless you.
@@LeahandBlair Hello Sir Blair, I did send you a message. Salamat po.
Rosie R 👍
Good singer
Hi, new subscriber here 🙋
Appreciated
You're a good man
New subs here
Appreciated 👍
Pa Shout out nang mary ann from bacolod city
Hello dong... How are you related to my Kuya Aldrin? 😊❤️
9:28 Utang this word similar Javanese's word that mean credit 👍, greetings from central Java Indonesia 🇮🇩.
Wow did not know this!! 👍Thanks for sharing! 💯
I think she must have YOU TUBE CHANNEL TOO!!! Shes have a great voice and one way to track her dad siblings in US is tru YT....
Her voice is amazing eh!
Thank you for the compliment, Sir... Happy New Year... 😊❤️🥂🍾🎉🎊
Always contact the US Veterans Affairs office if the father served in the military.
Great to see vlog b4o....Lot of Love from india..
Best food in the world! 💯
The person at 2:36 just casually popping in and is ready to serve. haha