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Dawn Laidler's success story

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Dawn

Dawn Report 1 Aug 2005 21:20

A BIG THANKYOU TO THE GENES REUNITED SITE, I FOUND MY HALF BROTHER ON THE DAY I REGISTERED WITH THE SITE, A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER I FOUND A COUSIN, AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER I FOUND MY FATHERS 1/2 SISTER, I HAD NOT MET ANY OF THIS SIDE OF THE FAMILY AND WILL BE ETERNALLY GRATEFULL TO THIS SITE AND THE PEOPLE N IT FOR ALL THE INFORMATION THEY HAVE HELPED ME WITH, WE HAVE ONLY A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WE NOW NEED TO TRACE, THESE ARE MY DADS SISTER AND HER FAMILY WHO EMIGRATED TO NEW ZEALAND IN THE 1960S, THERE NAMES ARE ARTHUR AND JOAN HODGSON AND MY COUSINS BARBARA AND GARY HODGSON, AND MY AUNT WHO WAS ADOPTED WHEN SHE WAS APPROX 6 MONTHS OLD, SHE WAS BORN CHRISTINA CHARMAN, BUT HER ADOPTIVE PARENTS GAVE HER THE NAME ELIZABETH ANN MATTHEWS, SHE USED TO LIVE IN BRISTOL WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL, BORN ON THE 14TH MAY 1949. THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYBODY THAT HAS HELPED ME DAWN