General Chat

I'm originally from Ashford Kent now live in Northampton, divorced, and age 41 3 children Louisa 24yrs, Danielle 22yrs, Lee 20 yrs. 3 grandchildren Hannah 4yrs, Connor 3 yrs and T.J 2yrs and onother 1 due end May beginning June.

Hi my name is Karen Smith( nee Storrie) I am divorced, I am 35yrs old, I have 3 kids, Ashley, 17yrs, Zoe 15yrs and Kyla 8yrs, I live in the Borders, cold bloody place. LOL! Kaz xx

Just in case anyone is interested , I was : Born in Belfast 1960 Married with 3 teenagers, 1 dog, 2 cats. Used to work as a Chartered surveyor, now paint a bit. No connection to a disappeared person with the same initials! Joanxx.

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Hello very new to boards , very pleased to meet you all , my name is Laraine Smith age 59 my husband is Michael 57 (reckons he was kidnapped) and we have three children Melissa 39 married to Shane , Cassandra 30 with partner Jason 31 and Joshua 28 still at home I was a hairdresser and Mike was a brickie we live in Yarrawonga Vic Australia, we have three grandchildren all Melissa's Ryan nearly 17 Holly-Mae age 9 going on 20 and Jakob 8 , my hobbies are now family tree and pc and craft ,Mikes are golf golf golf and fishing love to you all Laraine

Hi As aabove my name is Natalie, Live in Bicester. Aged 31 Getting married this year to Craig. Going to be an Auntie aswell this year for the first time. Have no kids, just a dog and a Parrot, they are enough at the moment. Work in IT for a F1 team. Hobbies are Lawn Green Bowls play at Headington Bowls Club (this sport not just for old people) and of course doing my family tree, which I am not doing very good at, at the moment Hello to all, hope I don't sound to boring Natalie

Hi, my name Juliana, I'm 22, live in South East London and work in South West, been on the site for about a month. xx

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Hi, i'm Clare from Gloucester.Married to Chris for nearly 11 years,have 5 kids,christopher 11, Hannah 8,William 6,Maryellen 4 and Lily May whose 2.I am a chef by trade but spend my working days selling knickers! I am 31 even though i feel 51 at the mo,like decorating,watching the rugby and annoying my husband!!

Hi, I'm 46 and have lived near Tenterden for 17 years. Before that, in reverse order, I'm from Harrow Weald, Leighton Buzzard, Bushey, Singapore, Wanstead and Malta. I've been married for nearly 23 years and have a daughter aged 19 and 2 sons of 17 and 13. Andy, I used to live near the Lief Robinson in 'Arrow Weald and off Coldharbour Lane, Bushey. I work with nursery age children. I have really enjoyed this thread!

Hello My name is Ray Brighton Known as Rupert Bear, I am 75 years old and have been married to my wife Barbara forover 50years. We have 3 daughters Susan ,Kathryn , and Julie and 6 grandsons and 1 granddaughter. We were born in Birmingham and lived there , Melbourne Australia and now in Tamworth Staffs.I have been retired from my job working for an internationally known Consulting Engineers since 1961. I enjoy painting in water colours (mainly dogs and animals of the jungle) geneology. and gardening. I seem to have made many many friends on the internet since joining G.R.

Margaret from Coventry, 62 years young partner is 20 years younger. I am a funeral arranger and have 2 children and 4 grandchildren

my name is valerie but known as val I have been in Exeter for 6yrs but born in Glasgow my mother was born in Kenilworth Warwickshire and my dad was a scottish soldier I have 3 boys and I have been married to jim for nearly 5yrs our son is 7yrs in july my other sons are 12 and 18

My name is Emma Howells and i come from Andover, i have 4 lovely children and 1 sometimes lovely stroppy step daughter! I have been with my fella for 4 years (married and divorced before that) My favorite colour is purple, fav food chocolate, and i have a cat called Honey! xx

Hi all My names Sue, I live in Bath. Ive been married to Ger for 18 years and we have 17 year old twins Richard whos doing his A levels and Marc whos an apprentice floor layer. Im between jobs at the mo, hoping to be a care worker(had interview today so fingers crossed). We also have a 11 year old cat called fluffy whos my baby!! Ive been a member on this site for about 6 weeks and think its BRILL. Nice to meet you all!!

Good Afternoon! Brenda Butler (Cummings) here. Born and lived in Durham for the first 10 ½ years of my life before moving to Milton Keynes. Lived around there for 17 years and then moved to Michigan in 1994. I’m 38 and married to Andrew from Cambridge for almost 16 years. No kids, but that was our choice. I work in IT for Toyota at their US technical center, Andrew is an Engineer at DaimlerChrysler. Other hobbies, apart from genealogy, are reading, gardening, fast cars, slow cars, British cars, racecars, going out with friends and having fun, traveling and camping. Used to hike the Scottish mountains before leaving the UK… one day again. Sigh! RG (Racing Girl)

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Hi everyone, I'm Sarah (nee Allen) aged 31. Ive been married to Guy for 5 years and I'm a fulltime mum to Amelia,3 and Lucy,1. Only been into genealogy for a few months but already spend more time reading the message boards!! I live in East Sussex (near eastbourne)

Hiya everyone! Im Bev from Denton near Manchester!! Ive only just realised that I have not added to this thread even though Ive been tripping the boards for a few months now! Im 39 (soon to be 38) and live with my partner Mike and 12yr old son

Hi, My name's Nerolee and I am from the south west of Western Australia. I am 34 and have been married for 12 years to Steve,we have two kids,one of each aged 13 and 11 (yup did things back to front) and work in the tourism industry.