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Offline lauren 09

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Can any one help ??
« on: Wednesday 28 October 09 17:58 GMT (UK) »
Hello all , found this site by chance trying to find about about family , so thought ide give it a go as it looked a really intresting site .

Any way im trying to trace my grandfather , he was in birmingam around 1952 - 1953 , he was about 20 - 21 we think at the time , he met my nan betty or bettsy as she was also called , he told her he was from belfast they were together about a year then she fell pregnant , when told that he was going to be a father he left and friends later told my nan he had gone back to ireland to join the army ,  dont know if he ever did go back , my nan later gave up my mother for adoption , traced my nan last year but not very helpfull, so im really stuck now as i dont know where to start looking for somone that ive only got a name on ??? so can any one help ????? :)

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Re: Can any one help ??
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 28 October 09 18:18 GMT (UK) »
Hi Lauren,

Annie here from Tipperary, Ireland. Welcome to Rootschat - I've been on this site a few months now and its become very addictive lol. You could try writing to newspapers in Belfasts and asking them to put in an article for you maybe. Even go onto the chatroom here..there may be someone that could help you there.
The surnames, which I am interested in are; Maternal side: Ryan, Kevin, Grant, Grady, Gleeson, Walsh, Dwyer, Paternal side: O' Dwyer, Woodlock, Rochford & Britton - all in Tipperary; and Kelly and Hoynes in Laois.

Ryan, Campbell, Luttrell, Grant, Grahame, Bainbridge and Brown in Queensland, Australia

Tighe in Victoria, Australia.

Grant in Philadelphia, Sullivan and Penny in New York; and Britton in Connecticut

Offline lauren 09

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« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 28 October 09 18:38 GMT (UK) »
Thanks i will look into the newspaper thing and see how it goes , and ile have a look in chatroom also , thanks annie .
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« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 28 October 09 18:41 GMT (UK) »
Before you write to any newspaper or post on any online site it's best to keep in mind that your grandfather might still be alive and/or have family that know nothing about this period of his life and seeing such news 'in public' might be a great shock to them.
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!

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« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 28 October 09 18:51 GMT (UK) »
Yeah i didnt think of that , me just trying to rush in , im just so desprate to try find out who my family are on my mothers side .
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