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Old 23-09-2011, 11:24   #7
kestrelx
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Re: who do you think you are? two weeks ago

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Originally Posted by mobertol View Post
Those things happened a lot back then -not the same means of communication as we have now obviously. In the mid-70's an un-known cousin of my dads turned up to find the family from New Zealand. His mother had died and left written in her will who her brothers and sisters were and that she was originally from Accrington, UK. He had no idea! She was a sister of my paternal Grand-father and apparently ran off in disgrace in the early 20's as she was pregnant (she came from a good Catholic family!)
Watched bits of it - I wonder if they'll ever have a Jeanette Winterson one?
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