Thanks for all the help!

Eve222

Six years ago I started looking for my grandfather's parents and siblings. I knew nothing about them at all. I knew my grandfather had one brother and a sister, he was one of eleven!
In many ways the people on this forum helped me a lot. This all started with me reading a local history book, I didn't know it at the time but my grandfather had a brother who died in WW1. The writer of the book lived near my grandfather's house mentioned the death of this man and I just knew it had to be my grandfather's brother. I went looking at WW1 grave sites and this confirmed he was my grandfather's brother because his parents name and address were given. I left a message on the site to the man with virtual flowers. Also in the book it mentioned my grandfather's sister who was visiting from Dublin.
The next episode was I read an article by Turtle Bunbury it mentioned my grandfather's sister's name and her married name. I got in touch, resulting in getting in touch with a relative who was a g-grandson of my g-grandfather's brother.
That was amazing! I still had no clue about the siblings until about a year ago. I got an e-mail from a man who had read my message to the man who died in WW1. He was related to another brother of my grandfather. He put me in touch with another sister's granddaughter.
We had a lovely family reunion. My father got to meet two first cousins! Also one of them had my grandfather's brother's medals from the war.
To cut a long story short together we put a lot of info together and found out about all my grandfather's siblings bar one who I think will be impossible to find, her name is to common and we don't know where she went.
Apart from the brother and sister in Dublin the rest went to the US, Canada and South America. We are in touch with those families.
The purpose of me telling this is it really does help to leave messages and read anything you find with your family name mentioned, and a big thank you to this forum.:)

Hopeful2016

I read this whole post to find out why all the grandfather's siblings were blind....

Eve222

Hopeful2016 wrote: »

I read this whole post to find out why all the grandfather's siblings were blind....

Sorry if my mistake in spelling upset you. My intention was to thank the people on this forum who gave me a lot of help, and to tell them the result of my search

Kristopherus

Eve222 wrote: »

Sorry if my mistake in spelling upset you. My intention was to thank the people on this forum who gave me a lot of help, and to tell them the result of my search

Well to stop more posters being confused, would you please amend the title?

Hopeful2016

Eve222 wrote: »

Sorry if my mistake in spelling upset you. My intention was to thank the people on this forum who gave me a lot of help, and to tell them the result of my search

That's ok, I was just bemused after reading it and had to reread the title.

pinkypinky

Hopeful2016: if you can't say anything nice, please don't say anything at all.

shar01

That's a lovely story OP.

I too have received assistance from the good folk on this and the military forum. There's a wealth of knowledge and a willingness to share and help.