Activist stricken with Multiple Sclerosis seeks long-lost daughter via Ebay

Here's another of the collection of inspiring stories of people with Multiple Sclerosis. Ray Sabbatini, who founded an activist group to conquer the disease, called Multiple Sclerosis Extreme, is now looking for a long-lost daughter that he never knew he had, with the help of Ebay.

Yeah, it's something that movies are made of, and everyone hopes it will have a happy ending.

For the next three days, (through Sept. 9, 2009) an Ebay item  #110430862184 (click here) is trying to find his biological daughter through the Ebay entry. This could be particularly poignant, because it is possible that MS is hereditary and it is important genetic information to pass on to the girl.

Ray states "being adopted myself, I know what she must be going through, and probably has a lot of unanswered questions.” Ray is a Multiple Sclerosis sufferer and was diagnosed over 6 years ago. Ray also is a single father of a 10-year-old girl and is basically looking to reunite with another daughter he never even knew existed until just recently. Ray says, " I would love to get to know her, and hopefully she feels the same. Maybe just to see what she looks like, answer why she was given up for adoption, develop a relationship, and possibly give her some closure.”

According to E-bay rules, something has to be sold, so Ray will be auctioning off pictures of himself and the biological mother Jill. Maybe the pictures will also have some resemblance of my daughter. Ray, being a MS sufferer is on a fixed income and due to the costs of hiring a detective agency and/or search agency, he thought that he would give this a try. Ray will be using the proceeds from the auction to help fund his search. Ray’s daughter’s adoption records are sealed and this has been a very frustrating journey for him so far. He is hoping this E-bay auction helps him on his quest to find the daughter he never knew he had.

Sabbatini also lists some personal information about himself, the biological mother, daughter's date of birth, state of birth, where she was born, and possible name of his daughter and the couple that adopted her. Ray hopes that his biological daughter or the couple that adopted her might see the auction, Ray says, “God Willing!”

Ray was recently contacted by an old girlfriend from 20 years ago, Jill Mogul (the biological mother). She was looking for Ray for years and eventually found him on Facebook.

"The story was a big shock for me and it still hasn't sunk in yet," says Ray. The birth mother, Jill Mogul, is also interested in reuniting with her daughter. Since Ray heard the news, he has been working as a ‘team’ with Jill to make this dream a reality. Their daughter would be 19 years old now. "We would leave it up to her whether she would want to contact us with absolutely no pressure," says Ray.

Ray Sabbatinin and Jill Mogul will also be posting this on Facebook and my space, in hopes their daughter has an account with them. "What 19 year old girl doesn't have a My space or Facebook account, not many", states Ray. "We will leave her the option of calling us, writing us, or even contacting us directly through my website, like I said, absolutely no pressure and she can contact us anonymously.”

Ray, having MS, has a "no quit" attitude and now states, "we are on a mission, we've already missed 19 years and do not want to miss one more day!”

Here are some of the details of the adopted daughter:

* Her Mother's Maiden Name At Time Of Birth: Jill Mogul (photo on left)

* Her Father's Name At Birth: Raymond Sabbatini (but was listed as father unknown)

* She was born on March 14th, 1990

* She was born at Mid Island Hospital in Bethpage, NY

* Possible Daughters First Name Given At Adoption: Sara (or Sarah)

* Possible Daughter's Last Name Given At Adoption: Green (or Greene)

*Adopted By A Jewish Couple: Possible Names Are Phyllis & Randy Green (Greene)

* She Was Born In The Afternoon

* Brought Up And Raised In New York

Also check out the MS Extreme site about Ray's fight with the illness, and the fantastic and inspiring things he does with his organization. He was diagnosed with MS in 2003 and has done a lot to empower and inspire others through his non-profit group. He does wild and crazy things, including getting waterboarded (see below video), running with the bulls, meeting celebs and more. On his site, it has a vote of whether people want ot see him next be: buried alive, enter an eating contest or base jump! What a guy!

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Ray Sabbatini, Please call Ray at (920) 763-4304 or e-mail Ray at ms-extreme@sbcglobal.net.

Watch a crazy video of Ray below! And, check out some inspiring photos of Ray in the slide show, too.

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