I have not been here for awhile. I have been to Melbourne, Australia to find a niece that our family have never seen. We have been searching for her for years. It was just by chance I got a lead to where she was. Not knowing whether she had married had made been making it hard. Anyway I went to her home and met her. We had a great time catching up on over 65 years. She was just so over whelmed. It is just so great to have found that missing link in the tree. Hugs Shirley
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Fantastic Shirley !!!! What a wonderful Christmas gift for both of you!
Warm Hugs, Bonnie
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6803Great news to find family back ! I best it was quite strange in the beginning, now you have to catch up all the years and enjoy the future
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by shirley124
17 Dec 2012
Thanks. We have a lot to catch up on still, but I am looking forward to many more visits and hope that she will come to stay so I can introduce her to all (or at least some) of her relations.
148911That's such great news Shirley from Tasmania to Melbourne - not too far to travel. I'm going to try and track down my family history through Ancestry.com or something like that, as I know ancestors came from Germany/Austria! Love and blessings Chris
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by shirley124
17 Dec 2012
Thanks Chris. At this stage we are just doing form my parents down. We have 505 decendants from them at the moment. It is almost a full time job, as the larger the circle gets the faster it grows. lol Hugs Shirley
234498Amazing, you have a wonderful steak runnin! I can only imagine how happy you must be! Congradulations on your anniversary and finding your niece. Thanks for sharing your heart warming story with us.
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by shirley124
17 Dec 2012
Yes Christine it was just so amazing. I really am very happy. What a great way to celebrate 50 years of marraige and to find her at he same time. I just wanted to shout it out to the world. Hugs Shirley
173693Such good news, Shirley! Finding a link to more family has to be exciting, so I am very happy for you!
Angel
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by shirley124
17 Dec 2012
Many thanks Angel. I am the youngest of 16 children, so we have quite a lot of nieces & nephews. It was just so exciting to find the one we had never seen. She is only 9 months younger than me. She is the first daughter of my lat eldest brother.
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255050what a wonderful time to find a lost family member
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59631Congratulations and how wonderful!
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by shirley124
17 Dec 2012
It was just so exciting to finally meet her. We had only seen photos of her as a baby and toddler.
19452What a wonderful Christmas present for the 2 of you. Enjoy many more hours of sharing .
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by shirley124
17 Dec 2012
Yes a great Christmas present. We intend to share more time and phone calls.
169064Congratulations on the new addition to your family. That is such a happy post! I just know she appreciates your diligence. ;)
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158716Wow! What an accomplishment for you!! I bet the niece was really surprised. I hope you had a good time together. Hugs, Mayr
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by shirley124
16 Dec 2012
She sure did get a surprise. Yes we had a great time together. We intend to stay in touch now. She is only 9 months younger than me. I feel I have found another sister, Hugs Shirley
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