Genealogy Chat

Dear George

What a lovely, thoughtful post. But I don't think many of us would ignore an unkown member of the family, most of us would research that person with the same vigour as we research those with the same family name. So I don't think you need to be too worried.

If you are in touch with organisations that assist people moving around, I'd be very interested in learning about the two children that my grandparents took in during WW2, as refugees. I have not a clue how to find out about them. I believe they were from London. That is all I have.

Kind regards


Margaret

I did post this a few months back but now cannot find the thread.

I am a child migrant researcher who tries to make people aware that they have a child migrant in their family tree. I have had a lot of responses from people saying for example 'that person is not a close relative so I am not really interested in them/researching them'

I just want to say that sometimes the most interesting stories/histories belong to distant ancestors.

A lot of the child migrants for many reasons do not have direct descendants or their families may not be aware they were home children so there may not be anyone out there to acknowledge them or research them other than someone who is a distant descendant

So if you do find you have a child migrant, an orphan ancestor or a relative that you have not considered looking at then please consider looking into their story as you might be their only descendant.

The way I see it is, every ancestor deserves to have their story told no matter how closely or distantly related they are to you.

Thank you for reading this

George