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Contacting lost relatives

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ladylol

ladylol Report 8 Sep 2010 11:09

luckily for me Ive just had a wonderful experience , 11 years ago my wayward brother left his partner with 2 young children, the deal was if he stayed away and the family she would not contact the csa, of course my brother had lied, but my sil kept the children her self and never asked for help from us, i had fallen out with her because my brother who was living and stealing from me was telling my sil that i was taking all his money he was telling me she was taking all his money so time moves along and i realised my son had aspergers i stupidly decided i had nothing in the way of support to offer her and the kids as David needed so much care, little did i know her son my beautiful nephew had the same condition as my son so we could have been supporting each other so ten yrs on and me apologizing she has allowed me contact and us to become close so i now have a beautiful niece and nephew who I've built a loving bond with i understand not everyone would have the same out come and it could open a can of worms, but i don't see my brother the dad with rose coloured glasses , I'm angry he hasn't been there cause my sil has been to hell and only half way back, she also understands what I'm going through with dad as she sadly lost a close relative to cancer recently, its funny but genes reunited didn't reunite this one lol xx

Amy

Amy Report 8 Sep 2010 11:16

why are you angry ? Is it because your brother was not their for his kids?

ladylol

ladylol Report 8 Sep 2010 11:20

yes amy very angry

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 8 Sep 2010 11:54

i have met some wonderful lost relations on here
though they are not close relations but distant

ladylol

ladylol Report 8 Sep 2010 12:37

ive met a strange one joy but made some good mates like u stray and lots to mant to mention xx

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 8 Sep 2010 12:44

yes puss
ive made some wonderful special mates to
and your one of them
good mates stand the tests of life

and if they dont then its not meant to be hun

ladylol

ladylol Report 8 Sep 2010 12:53

thanks joy xxxxx means a lot you certainly no who your friends are when life can be cruel xxx