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Yvonne Rogers' success story

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Yvonne

Yvonne Report 29 May 2007 23:55

MY NAME IS YVONNE AND WHEN I STARTED LAST MAY I ONLY KNEW MY FATHERS NAME AND HIS SISTERS NAME MY MOTHER AND FATHER PARTED WHEN I WAS 9MONTHS OLD MOTHER NEVER TOLD ME OF HIM OR HIS FAMILY LATER I FOUND OUT HE HAD DIED WHEN I WAS 9, WHEN I RETIRED FROM WORK I MOVED TO GOSPORT AS THAT WAS THE PLACE HE LIVED I HUNTED EVERY GRAVE YARD THERE, FOUND NO TRACE OF HIM , NEXT WE MOVE TO WALES AND I STARTED GOING TO A CLASS LOOKING FOR PASS ANCESTERS, AND JOINED GENESREUNITED FOUND HIS MOTHER AND FATHERS NAMES AND ALSO FOUND OUT HE HAD TWO BROTHERS THE NEXT BIT IS I HAVE FOUND ONE BROTHER AND HIS WIFE THATS MY AUNT AND UNCLE AND NOW I AM GOING TO MEET THEM AT LONG LAST I HAVE A FAMILY I NEVER KNEW I HAD . I SAY TO EVERYONE DON1T GIVE UP I DIDN`T AND AT THE AGE OF 72 I FOUND THEM SO GOOD LUCK EVERYONE