My name is Herbert MAX Bradey (CAMPBELL PATERNAL-PRUITT MATERNAL). I am a S. C. adoptee who has found both side of my family and used DNA testing to confirm and aid the process. I am tested with FTNDA, 23 and me, Genebase, natgeo 2.0, Ancestry.com, and a member of the Campbell and Pruitt research projects and Campbell Clan USA. My mother was Ruth Frances Pruitt and my father was Albert Frank Campbell (1919-1970). Both sides of my family have a long genealogy history documented in the Anderson, Abbeville, Corner, Starr/Iva, Pendleton district of the upstate of S. C. with particular attention to various cemetery locations such as First Creek Baptist Church and MT. Bethel in the Corner area. With questions or comments feel free to contact me at 828-859-9227 or P. O. Box 424, Lynn, N. C. in Polk County 28750. This site has some photos from the Pruitt maternal side of my found biological family which has been so kind as to accept me as a long lost adopted out child from many years ago, understanding that times have changed and if I was born today, my mother would keep me and not place me for adoption. I hope to one day find living members of my Campbell family, meet them, and connect with the survivors of my father, Albert Frank Campbell, whom I never met and do not even have a photo of. In fact, I know very little about my father. Perhaps, now that my father's genealogy is known to me, we will be able to connect with members of my living paternal side heritage. I also search for a half sibling who was also adopted through the same identical process, network, and caseworker used for my adoption. The sex of this adoptee iS unknown. This half sibling to me was born in Columbia, S. C. at 1516 Calhoun St., Door of Hope home for unwed mothers, in Columbia, S. C. Exact date of birth unknown but around Summer of 1945 is probable. The mother was my aunt, Vivian Iola Pruitt and the father was Albert Frank Campbell 1919-1970. The child was likely named Baby Boy Bruce, Baby girl Sarah or Baby Girl Annie. The Children's Bureau of S. C. handled the adoption and this sibling would now be around 68 years old. I am now 66 years old and retired from the U. S. Navy Seabees on the mountain, above Tryon, N. C. in Polk county.
