| Finding relatives was not one of the tasks I was | | | | have just turned on the TV and found them. |
| looking forward to. We have a very detached | | | | A private investigation company which I |
| family to say the least, so finding an uncle or aunt | | | | contacted me told me how much they would |
| could be a problem, let alone finding great aunt's | | | | charge to find all of my relatives, they tried to |
| and uncles. | | | | sooth the blow by starting with "Finding lost |
| A little over a year ago I was planning my | | | | relatives is quite expensive", what they forgot to |
| wedding, the happiest day of my life, or so I was | | | | say was that I could have got married 4 times |
| hoping. After a sit down meeting with my mother | | | | with what it would cost for them to search out |
| to discuss wedding guests I thought my big day | | | | my family members. |
| may become my big disaster. | | | | My fiancé at the time, now my husband |
| I come from a very large family, unfortunately | | | | (although I wouldn't have blamed him if he'd run |
| not only is my family large but it is also very, | | | | away screaming) tried to find out as much |
| very spread out. My mother informed me that by | | | | information as he possibly could from old letters |
| not inviting some members of our family could | | | | and Christmas cards which my mother had |
| lead to some very unhappy relatives. The upside | | | | collected, this was very painstaking and was |
| of the conversation (according to my mother) | | | | actually getting us nowhere. My wedding was |
| was that we only had to find seven of my long | | | | getting closer and we were no closer to finding |
| lost relatives; I can tell you now that I knew | | | | any of my long lost relatives. |
| nothing at all about finding lost relatives. | | | | But! Just when I thought that all hope was lost, I |
| It seems that several years ago, some of my | | | | found the perfect place which can help in finding |
| family moved around a lot looking for work and | | | | relatives I found six of my long lost relatives in |
| others just went looking for a better way of life. | | | | just a couple of hours, unfortunately one of the |
| This would not have been a problem if my long | | | | seven had passed away a year before, which I |
| lost relatives had all been movie stars, I could | | | | actually found out with the same resource. |