Joni Mitchell Looks for Lost Daughter
The smoky-voiced Mitchell delivered her daughter, whom she named Kelly, in Toronto in 1965. The baby was born out of wedlock (Mitchell married fellow Canadian folkie Chuck Mitchell later that year) shortly after the singer dropped out of art school. The baby's father was photographer Brad McMath.
The 53-year-old Mitchell, a member of both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, said she has some pressing reasons to find her child. Mitchell, who didn't tell her folks about the birth until years later, wants her now elderly parents to have a chance to meet their granddaughter.
Mitchell also hopes to track down her daughter, who would be 31 this year, to warn her of potential health threats. At age 9, Mitchell was stricken with polio and doctors told her she would never walk again. Despite overcoming the childhood affliction, Mitchell now suffers from a related neurological disorder called postpolio syndome.
But so far her search is fruitless. "I've been blocked so far by the people who have the (adoption) papers," Mitchell told the New York Post.





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