This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FdF.2ACEB/169.237.2 Message Board Post: My name is Melinda Bratton Collins. I am searching for my father,Junior Bratton, who may also be known as Walter. I was born in Chicago in 1964. He disappeared when I was 2- 1/2yrs old. According to my mother. He as born in Houston,TX July 1928 in the back of a wagon. My grandmother is full blooded indian half cherokee and half apache. My grandfather was a white man. He has one sister. He was very secretive. He did not tell my mother any of their names and we all had nicknames. I would appreciate any info that you might have. please email me.