Details: Victor Emanuel Simon grew up in Ohio during the Depression under the name Frank, given to him by his adoptive parents. He was told that his birth parents had abandoned him, which left him depressed for years. When he was in high school, he learned from a social worker that his real name was Victor Shiman and was promised that if he applied himself and stayed in school, his birth parents would be at his graduation. However, his parents never showed up. Victor tried for several years to find his birth family, but he was unsuccessful and eventually gave up. He then got married and had five children, but never forgot his long lost family. Finally, decades later in 1984, when Victor heard about an organization that helped reunite families, he decided to contact them and re-start his se