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Offline RJ_Paton

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Re: help new to tracing family and going round in circles
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 19 October 05 14:35 BST (UK) »
With regards to the letter you basically have two choices

1. Ignore it ....... the person may persist .... who knows.

2. Respond ..... I would advise that this should be done in very general terms.

eg say that the letter delivered to your fathers address has been passed on to you ...... this should give the impression that you do not live at that address and afford some degree of protection.

Request more information .... e.g why do they think you are related ... if genuine they should have no qualms about providing proof..... you could set up a temporary email address for this ..... this could be disposed of or closed off if you decided not to pursue the matter



PS re your search for your family .... welcome to Rootschat.