Iam happy to say my nephew found my long lost half sister ,she was brought up by an aun and unclet ,not by her Grandparents as we were told ,she passed away the other year ,and sad to say my older sister Betty, her natural sister passed away last Monday,but my sister Chrsitines daughter has been in touch with my nephew so I now have a neice ,to add to my list

Sorry to hear about Bettys Passing, but pleased you have found a niece to add to your family

Congratulations Wee Mags, it's nice to find a long lost relation.
Sorry to hear about the loss of your sister,

We had that experience about 15 yrs ago.
My mum''s mother died three weeks after giving birth to a baby girl and as there were another nine children in the family baby Alexandrina was given away.
My mum and her siblings were told the baby had been adopted and taken abroad. That was not true as they found out 63 yrs later, she had been brought up in Foster Care in Perth.
Andrina found my mum by putting a notice in the Daily Record.
One of my cousins drove mum and another sister to Perth and driving along one street they saw a woman standing at her front door, mum said they knew her right away as she was the double of their older sister.
The story was in the Daily Record and the Sunday Mail.



The sisters, Barbara, my mum Christina, Andrina, Hannah & Jean.

There were two other sisters but they died a long time ago.

That is such a brilliant story. Mine was not so good. I met up with my half sister and she seemed really pleased to meet me, promised to keep in touch but never did despite loads of e-mails from me. When our daddy died, my sister went down to London for the funeral and again our half sister and brothers promised to keep in touch. That was the last we heard of them. It was my daddy's second family. Seems sad doesn't it

That is sad, Beth, I guess some things are not to be, if they can't keep in touch they are not worth worrying about. Does that seem harsh, I don't mean it to be.

Congrats Mags on finding your half-sister, more presents to buy, eh??

That is sad, Beth, I guess some things are not to be, if they can't keep in touch they are not worth worrying about. Does that seem harsh, I don't mean it to be.

Elma , I don't think it harsh , not even sure that it is sad .
Whether it be family or the dearest of friends , after nearly a lifetime ,
we have most of us taken different paths . and it's like speaking with strangers , we all belonged in a different time . but I am happy to say
with my own experience , I have wonderful wacky memories , which I cherish .
Cheers Mags , hope you relationship blossoms .

On the other hand Beth maybe you'll get a surprize one day.
I was secretly happy to read wee mags' post about her new found relative and also over Heather's post. These must be great moments in people's lives when lost relatives are found. I've always wished I could have found my real mother; or birth mother as they say, or even enough of a trace that might lead me to some half brothers or sisters but right out of luck there.
I do have a brother and sisters who shared the foster family that we all grew up together in and I do keep in touch as much as that's possible. My ten year older brother; I was best man at his wedding, sent me a letter about a month or more ago and it must be the first letter I've had from him since my RAF days over 40 years ago. When I got the letter I immediately thought it was from my youngest daughter; the envelope was scuffed as if it had been dropped in the rain and trod on before reaching the post box which made me think right away of one of my twin grandsons rushin' to post a letter to granddad.
You could have knocked me over with the proverbial feather when I realised who the letter was from.
It's still sitting hear unanswered.
I just don't know where to start.
I know oor John won't have a computer or a facebook account or whatever because John is a very devout Christian who I can still imagine believes these things are of the world. He's a lovely big lad; always was, and I'll get round to replying and I'll be sincere as I've always loved him and the simple way he saw his God in every flower he planted (he was a gardener) and to me he was the epitomy of christianty ... even turned the other cheek when being mugged in Glasgow once ... but I can well imagine he might be wondering why I've not replied as yet. Valerie has probably told him of my habit of breaking bones so he might think I'm incapacitated at the moment.
The thing is Beth, maybe your half sister is also sittin' somewhere thinkin' How do I start? What do I say that doesn't come over as ... blah, blah, blah?
John had cancer years ago and we thought he wouldn't make it and each time I called his wife Betty explained I couldn't talk to him on the phone as he was so ill. Later he survived and his lovely wife died of cancer. So I can't say in a letter that I'm living with this gorgeous girl whose kept me so happy for the last twenty five years and reminds me so much of Betty who was the only other person I ever knew with such a beautiful soul.
Maybe he'd be happy with ... blah, blah, blah just for the sake of a reply; who knows?
And maybe your half sister feels like I do Beth. Who knows?
I hope I'm right because it would be sad to find and just as quickly to lose a part of your life.
I really will make an effort this weekend now that I've got this of my chest because it has also, secretly, been lying heavily on me.
Sorry for going on so.
Tomi.

Go to it Tee and pour your heart out to your brother. Don't be afraid to mention the happy life you have as I'm sure he will be pleased to know it.

Wee Mags, I hope you will soon have a picture of you and your long lost sister to show us.

thnk you for the kind thoughts ,I guess I nevr wrote my story right ,my half sister died in2009 and my nephew knowing how much wetried to get in touch found out about christine ,you see my dad was a widower when he and my mom married,he had three children Peter.Elizabeth,and christine ,whom we all were told was being raised by her granma,but it was not true ,she was raised by an aunt and Uncle ,
when my nephew found out he had a hard time telling me that Chritine had died ,but then he brightened up to say she had a daughter named Christine ,her husband got in touch with my nephew who could not wait to tell me ,so I have a wonderful nephew how has worked hard to fullfill his late fathers wish ,I dont know if or when I will meet her ,Iam hoping to get to Scotland next year

Not harsh Elma, I just think it's sad that 7 of us had the same daddy and believe it or not you would know we are family just looking at us, as you say teehee maybe one day. Internet is amazing. I did send several but got no answer but that was before daddy died so maybe my half sister felt a bit threatened. Apparently the second family knew nothing about the first family until I arrived at my daddy's flat for a weekend on my way up to Scotland and he was not there. He had a fall the night before I arrived and the janitor had to let me into his flat. Nobody knew what had happened.I waited and waited and finally looked through his phone book looking for names I might recognise. Theresa is a real family name on my dad's side. So I phoned asking if the lady knew my daddy. He's MY father was her answer. think she got a bit of a shock!