General Chat

Gill, I'm glad that you did share that with us, it's loverly, and as they say better late than never, at least OH has finaly met his dad. Bev

Hi Shirley, when she told him she was expecting he told her he was married in the States, old story, so she packed him off and told him never to get intouch again, he did just once when Dave was three months, but she had met someone else and married him, but i think she regretted it all her life. She has told me that he was the love of her life. Gill

Things were sooooo different in the forties.Even when I got married in the fifties it was almost a moral sin to be an unmarried mum. guess your MIL was being protective of all concerned.

Thank's everyone, and by the way please don't think iam knocking my MIL in any way i love her to bits, she only did what she thought was right at the time. When she was young it was a different time and place. Gill xx

Nice to have a happy ending . Hope you have a great time, don't forget to pack some tissues as you will probably need them.

Thankyou for sharing your wonderful story. Wendy

Aw Gill that's lovely! Julie xxx

How lovely!! I think we all came in this looking for ancestors forgetting about those who may still be around. I hope you have a lovely time and don't forget to take the note book, tape recorder, video camera, scanner and laptop to record all the information from everyone!!! Good luck and have fun. Jacky :-)

Oh thats wonderfull news Gill, I am so pleased for you and dave ;)) thanks for sharing this with us xx

That's a lovely happy end to your story Gail. Lets hope you enjoy many more get togethers with your 'new' family Snowdrops

That's a wonderful story, with a hapy ending Gill, I'm so pleased for you all. Jen

Dave my OH,always new his father was a G.I stationed here in WW2,his mother told him when he was about 10 after he overheard a nasty conversation that the neigbours were haveing. He was very sensertive all his life. Then in 1995 after seeing all the celebrationsv for the 50th anniversery of the end of the war Stuart (or eldest son ) was saying to me he would love to find out what happened to him.MIL had always told us he died on D Day, she also said he had seen Dave when he was about 3months old, i had never thought about it before and it came to me like a thunderbolt D Day was June 1944 Dave wasn't born till sept so how could he see him at 3 months. Well to try and cut a long story short, it took us 15 months but we found him alive and well and living in Kansas,he had lost his wife 3months before and he had know other children. We went over in 1997 and had a lovely time and he came over here 1999 for a visit with his new wife. The only thing that upset us he didn't tell his sisters about Dave, untill now that is. Last night at 8 we had a supprise phone call, The lady said Hi Dave this is your cousin Ruth. They had a family reunion for his sisters 90th birthday and he told them all, and they want us to visit as soon as possable. Gill