Completely unknown? Was someone an orphan or adoptee? Genealogy is one of my interests.
My paternal grandfather ran away from home when he was in his early teens, and was never on good terms with his birth family. My father said I'd never be able to track that line down, but after about 22 years, I found it. I instantly acquired dozens of cousins and a chunk of ancestry that runs all the way back to colonial times. Unfortunately, my Dad passed away just months before I made the discovery (or more properly, I was discovered by a fourth cousin living in Minnesota.)
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Date: 2006-01-19 04:36 am (UTC)My paternal grandfather ran away from home when he was in his early teens, and was never on good terms with his birth family. My father said I'd never be able to track that line down, but after about 22 years, I found it. I instantly acquired dozens of cousins and a chunk of ancestry that runs all the way back to colonial times. Unfortunately, my Dad passed away just months before I made the discovery (or more properly, I was discovered by a fourth cousin living in Minnesota.)