Legal Question in Family Law in Connecticut

I have never known my biological father. According to my mother, shortly after they married she became pregnant. Soon thereafter, my father left her, moved out of the country, and cut off all contact. Sometime after my 2nd birthday, she filed for divorce and he was notified through military channels. There has never been any other contact between them until a little over a year ago. My father found my mother on a social networking site after googling her name. Through a handful of letters and messages that he sent to her (and one written to me through her), I have learned that my father's version of things is a little different (not a shocker, right?). According to him, he moved out of the country because those were his orders and, as far as he knew, my mother was supposed to move there right behind him (they were both in the military). Instead of following him, she left the service and disappeared. After more than two years, he received notification that my mother had filed for divorce and that his rights towards me were being terminated. He claims that he did not even know that I existed until he received this notification and that he was given no choice but to relinquish his rights. I'm trying to sort out the truth and I want to know: Is it possible for parental rights to be terminated in such a way?

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