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Offline skb

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Re: A lost boy
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 10 May 06 11:21 BST (UK) »
There is a series of tv programs on in the mornings at the moment about people who were "found" as babies. Most of them have no way of finding out anything about their family backgrounds.

This morning's one featured an elderly man who found his mother, but they didn't hit it off. However, through genealogy, he found some other relatives and finally (now in his seventies) has a family.
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Re: A lost boy
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 10 May 06 14:53 BST (UK) »
There is a series of tv programs on in the mornings at the moment about people who were "found" as babies. Most of them have no way of finding out anything about their family backgrounds.
This morning's one featured an elderly man who found his mother, but they didn't hit it off. However, through genealogy, he found some other relatives and finally (now in his seventies) has a family.

I saw the one yesterday skb,

Which featured the lady found on the Downs nearly 70 yrs ago now, when she was 9months old. Real heartwrenching stuff...

There's a book to go with the series by Kate Adie.

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