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Ahh thankyou so much i didn't see that bit, fingers crossed she will get a notification

To reply to you both at the same time, I'm not sure which Regiment he was in, the information on him being in Whitburn came from his Son (my father in law), and Fred's Service number was 980089.

You have to tread carefully with this kind of search.

Assuming the half brother is still alive, he may not be aware that the man who brought him up was not his biological father - you could be stirring up a hornets’s net. Similarly for any of his relatives or descendants if you find DNA matches to them.

On the other hand, if you find a DNA match who does not want any contact with your father in law, this could be very disappointing for him.

Just a few things to consider. 

If you are looking exclusively for matches who live in Germany, or have German surnames, you might be limiting yourself - people move around and women marry and take their husband’s surname, so maybe expand the search? Many of my matches have come through the female line.

Good luck. 

Thankyou, we have a few adoptions in my fiancé's family so I understand that these topics can sometimes cause issues.
From what we've been told, at some point the mother and father were in contact. Whether the child (half brother) from the relationship was old enough to know about any of it at the time I don't know.
My father in law is prepared for the idea that IF we find someone, they might not want to know.
I think he's more fascinated by the idea that somewhere in the world there's a man that looks just like him.
I agree I should be more expansive with my research. Current plan is any DNA matches that pop up I send a message and hope for a reply at some point this century hahaha!!

Just to say that Ancestry DNA is available in Germany and being advertised right now. So you never know...

I was quite hopeful as a few of the possible matches had what looked to be quite German surnames but so far they've not been the man we are looking for.
My fiancé's father is 80 next week so it would be so lovely if we could find this long lost half brother.

Are you still looking for information on this line?
I found a tree on Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/106368593/person/112021734228/facts

I'm Also Looking into the Coleman line and trying to see where your Coleman's fit into my line of Colemans.
Chelsea