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Hi All,
I have a real poser here about my real father. I'm 71 now and found out 50+ years ago that the man on my birth certificate was not my biological father. I met my wife 50 years ago, we married and have 3 daughters, and they were and are my priority so did not bother looking. A few months ago my youngest daughter who is now 43 said you should look, so that my daughters and grandchildren knew who they were related to. I have an older sister who lives by me and I've never wanted to bother her or upset her, but plucked up courage and had a long talk with her.
She told me knew my father and his name, but at 11 years old at the time she didn't take any notice. As far as we can make out he was at a USA Military Hospital in Wiltshire, but we don't know if he was an American as he was called Jock, so maybe Scottish. Also he had red hair (Ginger) and a beard.
I was also shocked finding out that my mother's sister who was married had a son by another person and was put up for adoption. I know this is correct as my aunt was ill in hospital and had a letter and got her daughter my cousin to read it; it was from the child who she had adopted. She got very upset and begged my cousin not to tell anyone which she didn't until she told me a couple of months ago. My aunt died in the late 80s, but she can't remember the address on the letter as it was destroyed.
Back to my sister, she told me that my aunt had a daughter by an American, who was at the same location as Jock. Sadly my cousin died when she was 38, but her sister found her birth certificate a few months ago with no father entered. Whether her sister knew about her father we don't know, she was married and had two daughters. My aunt had 2 children who died at birth in the 1940s.
My mother died in the 80s and would have been 108 this year, so I would think Jock would have died also. But maybe he was a soldier and died in WW2. I don't know.
I've been researching my tree since the 1980s and have 5000+ in it, so I have a bit of experience at researching.
Anyone got any idea how I would get info on Jock?

I had been searching for my cousin for years, without success. All I knew was her parents had died and she had lost her husband, he died in France. So I thought she may be living there.I had not seen or spoken to her since the early 1950s. But being a male I messed about with my mobile phone and lost most things, so I found an old archive on my computer and cleaned it up before putting on my mobile. While looking through it I found my cousins name and address, plus phone number!.I think I got it when 192.com gave a free week and I searched for relatives then, but did not contact any of them.I thought will I ring the number or not, but after a couple of hours I rang it. Low and behold my cousin answered, I told her who I was etc and she remembered me and had loads of info. We talked for an hour. I had mistakes in her mothers side of the tree, I had her mother dying in 1996 but she died in 1990. Why couldn't I get it right her mother my aunt had married again, so I put all that right. The sad thing is she is wheelchair bound and is registered blind, I wanted to send her a copy of our tree but at the moment I don't know if someone cares for her who could share it with her. She was excited I rang and she enjoyed the info we exchanged. I told her that her niece and nephew in Australia wanted me to find you, she said her mother had gone to Australia in 1990 and spend some time with my cousins brother(He died 1999). Another terrible thing is my aunt died in 1990 a few weeks after she returned from Australia. I received photos and info from her niece and nephew yesterday, so I've go another 30 people to put in the tree.
So keep going, the brickwall will fall one day, with luck.
Jim

Thank you ciderdrinker I've got most of the dates but you helped with others.

Daena
I have Sarah Mills 1832 Kintbury married a Isaac Head 1824 Kintbury on the 30 July 1850 in Kintbury.
I have Sarah died 1894 & Isaac 1901. I have 10 children for them.
Sarah Mills sister Eliza Mills 1817 Kintbury married Isaac Tame 1817 Stamford Dingley. They married in Stanford Dingley on the 3 February 1839 at the Parish Church.
Izaac & Eliza were my 2 x great grandparents.
Jim

Morning,
I'm looking for any info on my Uncle George Oliver Middleton 1901-1961 and his wife Alice Violet Victoria Fidler 1906-1996. They lived in Newbury, I think he was a postman when he died. They had two children, their son went to Australia where he died. I'm in contact with their grandchildren in Australia, but they have no info as they were born in Australia. I've been doing my tree since the 1980s but George etc are still a mystery.
Jim