October 31, 2018 • www.theobserver.com • Vol. CXXXI, No. 25
COVERING: BELLEVILLE • BLOOMFIELD • EAST NEWARK • HARRISON • KEARNY • LYNDHURST • NORTH ARLINGTON • NUTLEY
AN AMAZING ‘TWIST’ OF FATE Prepare to read a true story Hollywood might reject were it a script By Karen Zautyk kzautyk@theobserver.com
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Michelle Lynn Kelly, at left in both photos, searched high and low for her biological father — for years. Little did she know she really didn’t have far to search. At one point, he lived just a few short blocks away. Now, the California resident is celebrating an amazing discovery. She’s found her dad and couldn’t be happier.
HEN MICHELLE LYNN KELLY WAS growing up in Kearny, she began trying to solve a mystery — one that would take decades to unravel. “Kelly” is Michelle’s marriage name; kids who went to school with her here will remember her as Michelle Maass. No relation to Clara — but it turns out she is related to someone whose name many locals will recognize, and that is the heart of this amazing story. Michelle, who will celebrate her 34th birthday Nov. 13, began her quest at age 11, and it ended just a few weeks ago. She was born in Kearny to a then-single mom, Tracey Ann Maass, who, when Michelle was in her early teens, married Michelle’s stepfather, Robert Bredamus. Both were loving parents. However, Michelle recalled, “When I was 11, I figured out I did not know who my birth father was.” And her mother “never told a single soul,” including the inquisitive child. “So I kept it (her search for an
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