I searched out my genealogy and during the process I posted my findings on the internet.
I received an email from a gentleman who said he thinks he might be kin to us.
Come to find out... when my grandmother met my grandfather, unbeknownst to her, he had up and left his wife and 3 kids and never told her about it. His previous wife and her 3 kids were struggling to live just an hour or so away from where he and my grandmother lived. She (the previous wife) finally had to send one of the kids to some other family because she could not afford to feed them all. (Incidentally he is the one who contacted me)
He eventually left my grandmother as well (when the kids were small) and had 2 other wives and ensuing children that we know of.
But we found out many exciting things too. We tracked back to the original family that brought our name over the pond.
We actually found the original person who bore our surname because our surname came about somewhat by accident and a bad case of being eat up with pride.
It was interesting and because of it we have met more of our family and they are all wonderful people who we are better off for having met.
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