I discovered two years ago that John Joseph Kirchgessner is my father's biological father and my grandfather. John Joseph Kirchgessner met my grandmother Margaret Kawaihono Akui while stationed in Hawaii. They had three (3) children in this union, didn't marry because John was already married.
My grandmother married George Alfred Kelly, and he adopted all 3 children, I consider George my grandfather, however, this doesn't dismiss the fact that my father Grant Joseph Kaohinani Kelly, is the son of John Joseph Kirchgessner.
Irene Kelly-Puccino