Genealogy Chat

hi all well its amazin how things can change in a week my middle brother now back on email and he has sent me 1 today and my little brother foned me last night,yep the one who said it would probly be another 2yrs before i heard off him was talking to him for 3hrs,he foned me in jan after no contact for 2yrs i suppose it is because i have taken a step back and do try and let them contact me first,if i dont hear off them then i contact them,maybe i should leave it a bit longer and not be so quick in getting intouch anyway as usual it was lovely to hear off them and im optomistic about the future hugs angie xxxxxxxxx

Had an absolutely lousy day yesterday,then last night had an unexpected phone call from my 1st cousin. Totally out of the blue and a total suprise.Three hours later after a good chat and a good few laughs i have his home addy,phone number etc and a warning to my health if i don't get to see him before too long. We have the same sense of humour and a few common interests,amongst them a love of old family photographs,still nothing for my b/m unfortunately but he is looking hard. Glen

see, BOTH of you, expect the unexpected! One day , my maternal two half brothers will pop out of the woodwork somewhere, and the paternal half brother that got his wife to phone me and break the ice after i wrote to him, that promised HE would ring me that evening , ( 3 years ago...) will also appear.Mind you, on reflection, She had an ulterior motive. if not, its their loss I tell you guys never to loose hope - and yet i have very little! Everything comes to he that waits...we hope! jess

hi glen thats great news for you,hope he keeps intouch and you build a happy relatioship hi jess as you can see,we can all be amazed sometimes,if only they would keep intouch more oftern i would be happy.im sure things will change for you jess,as my brothers have always said they aint got no problem with me its there other halves and its not cus im there sister its cus im another woman and they see me as a threat good luck every 1 angie xxxxx

Hi Guys, Mmm I don't want to be Mel Bain anymore. I want something new !! Any Ideas ? Mel

Hi Glen and Angie, Glad to her things are going well for you both at the moment Mel

hi iv just changed mine previously angela jones now bacardi slice no ice have something that reflects your personallity hugs angie x

No (sensible) idea what you could be..How the devil do you expect an old twerp like me to keep track of who is who if you keep chopsing and changing! Jess

Hi Jess, I have nothing sensible either, it is 10pm here and have spent all day with 7 children at the movies. And then all back to my house to play mmmm Melisa

hi jess im sticking to that name now i have few rellies coming on this site and dont want them knowing my business,if you get what i mean.off to work now check back later angie x

I could always be the cute sensitive one. Jess,no mention of Turnips or cannonballs please. Glen

Hello All, Hope everyone is well, nice reading everyones messages and catching up on everyones news. R xxx

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Hi all, i've just seen this thread, over 300 messages, wow! Anyway, I wanted to add to the thread, as my mum's adopted, I got interested in doing the family tree about 5/6 years ago now, and we have thousands of names in the tree now, which is good. Mum's got 3 half brothers, 1 of them is listed at Genes Reunited under their birth name (he was adopted as well), I tried messaging them back in 2004, but didn't get any reply, I thought they might have changed their email adress in between listing themself and me messaging, we were so excited to have found his name on the site as well, but never mind. We went to visit another of mum's half brothers probably about 20 years ago now, he was a very down to earth fella, and made us feel welcome, and mum's birth father came to stay with us in the late 1980s for a couple of nights, but he had his own family, and I think it was difficult for him. Anyway, a couple of days ago, I thought i'd do a search through the electoral registers, and I came across the address for a birth cousin, I found the address for mum's half brother in past electoral registers but not the current one, he'd be a similar age to me (I should say that's my cousin, not mum's half brother), about 31/32 and i'm just wondering whether to write to him or not really, I keep thinking that he probably won't be that interested, as not a lot of people my age I know are very interested in their family trees, and his dad I don't think even knows my mum exists. What do people here think? Should I write? All the best John

Hi John, If you would really like contact with him, well yes I would write, after all what can you lose. You may want to word it carefully though just in case he does not know of your mothers existence. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Mel

hi john id write him a letter at least if you dont get a response you would know that he isnt interested,as mel said choose your words carefully,let us know how you get on on,best of luck angie x

Hi John I would also urge a little caution with how you word a letter,but as the blood tie is not as close as a mother and child,perhaps it may be a little easier,my own experience (for what it's worth) has been far better with slightly more distant relatives than closer ones. Glen

bumped up for mandi angie x

Yes Glen, I would second that. My relationship is on the up and up with my cousin, but with BM who knows have not heard from her in quite a few weeks. Mel