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Have you checked www.switchboard.com or www.whitepages.com?  If you know his mother's maiden name, have you tried his first name + her surname?  If you know where he grew up, try to see if he is in a high school yearbook for that area.  Some yearbooks are online, or a local library might have it in their catalog and be willing to do a look-up for you. 

If you know what state he was born in/lived in, we might be able to point you to more specific sources.

Thanks I searched his name is need to know what state he was in to have a better shot though. But thanks its a good start I appreciate it. We all lived in Grand Rapids Michigan when my dad died. I don't know if he moved elsewhere afterwards like I did though.

Quote from: iluleah on Friday 02 August 13 12:54 BST (UK)

It is a long shot..........
Have you looked on the freebmd index to see if you can find his birth registration details, that at least could give you what quarter and area he was registered in, although I doubt you could obtain his birth cert, if you could find that and apply for family history purposes maybe, by stating on that on the form and your relationship as sister.

FreeBMD is only really complete up to the mids 1960's.I'd be very surprised if you found any births from the 1990's on there yet.

Maybe you could look into your dad's family,did he have any siblings,are his parents still alive?
Do you have an address that he was living at when he died? There might be some clues in the electoral rolls at that address.

All very difficult ,as Dawn says, when Rootschat is really meant to help with finding ancestors,and not living relatives.

Carol

His family is alive but they knew less about him than I did. A lot of his family tried to deny him. My mom said the same thought was of me as well even though I think anyone who saw him can obviously see I'm a lot like him in looks. However since when he was a baby he didn't look at all like my dad his mom's claim that he was his child was questioned and therefore I don't think he was ever seen as really family. I always say I have a brother because as far as I know I do. I just want to know if he actually exists if he's still around. But I can't go by my dad's family as they know very little about him. I know his name which is something I don't think many them even know.

I'm wondering because I saw on the website it looks as though I'll have to make a choice. My problem is honestly. I'd want to do my dad's because I know a lot less about his side. It's like there's that whole thing where I don't even know what race my dad is sometimes and therefore me because he for one didn't look like any of his siblings. He looks hispanic with more of a native american influence. While the rest looked primarily black/white. None of his 6 siblings on his mom's side had the same two parents. So you get the picture basically. Plus his mom was 14 when she had him. But I have always wanted to know with my mom where her family tree ended up knowing I am more familiar with them which should I chose?

I can't find any trace that my brother is still alive. I know his birth name first and last. My dad died when he was not even 1 and when I was still in the womb. So my mother has seen him but only once. My father wasn't married to either of our mothers. And his family only saw his son once as far as I know. No one on that side can even help me out on my brother's name. And paternity wasn't established for either of us. I look a lot like my father's side though. No one questions that I'm his daughter. But my mom always questioned saying that my brother may have or may not have been someone else's son because he didn't look like him at all when he was a kid. Was more like his mom. Either way, I just wanted to get in contact with and I've tried searching for him but his name always comes up with no such person. When my dad died, my brother went to the funeral. I went as an embryo. I wasn't named on the obituary but he was. So I saw his first and last name. I'm 19 now. He'd be about 20 maybe 21 now. I wish I just knew what became of him. I'm wondering what can I do to find out more about him? Because all I have now is a name on an obituary. My mom and a few others saying what they remember the day they saw him at the funeral and that's it. It kind of bothers me when people ask if I have brothers or sisters and I say yes I do but I have nothing to say about him besides that his name age and a vague description. I don't even know his mom's first name. How can I find him with such limited information is it possible?