Ultramum
22-01-2011, 10:44 PM
I started halfheartedly researching my family tree back in 2004 - mainly to find out about my paternal line as my father had left my mother when I was 18 months old and I had reached the age where doctors start to ask the "any family history of ..." questions!
Along the way I have discovered that he was married six times, one annulled and four divorces plus at least two other relationships that have produced offspring ...
I found a 41 year old half-brother in 2004 ( who I have since met up with :-) ), and then a 34 year old half-sister who made contact last year - yet to meet up. I have also been told there is another child, not from a marriage born in 1970 with whom he kept no contact so may never get to grips with that one!
I also have another half-brother and half-sister ( aged 15 and 13 at present) - they live with him and his present wife who is under the impression that she is his second wife ... as told to me by a cousin I happened to come across and then meet up with!!!
Along the way I have discovered that he was married six times, one annulled and four divorces plus at least two other relationships that have produced offspring ...
I found a 41 year old half-brother in 2004 ( who I have since met up with :-) ), and then a 34 year old half-sister who made contact last year - yet to meet up. I have also been told there is another child, not from a marriage born in 1970 with whom he kept no contact so may never get to grips with that one!
I also have another half-brother and half-sister ( aged 15 and 13 at present) - they live with him and his present wife who is under the impression that she is his second wife ... as told to me by a cousin I happened to come across and then meet up with!!!