This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_pwW4UgsEZYjv4UigDDWhpQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit FL Listers, Several of you have commented on the adoption situation; thought you might want to read a bona fide horror story I received this morning from a fellow lister on the Derbyshire, England, list. Here 'tis.... --Brian Michaels --Boundary_(ID_pwW4UgsEZYjv4UigDDWhpQ) Content-type: MESSAGE/RFC822 Return-path: <DERBYSGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON by WIZARD.FIRN.EDU (PMDF V5.2-29 #33499) id <01J9I54RW32O0020CU@WIZARD.FIRN.EDU> for MICHAELS_B@popstore.firn.edu (ORCPT rfc822;michaels_b@popmail.firn.edu); Thu, 1 Apr 1999 03:02:51 EDT Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by WIZARD.FIRN.EDU (PMDF V5.2-29 #33499) with ESMTP id <01J9I54Q8A1M001ZK3@WIZARD.FIRN.EDU> for MICHAELS_B@popstore.firn.edu (ORCPT rfc822;michaels_b@popmail.firn.edu); Thu, 01 Apr 1999 03:02:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA06196; Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00:00 -0800 (PST) Resent-date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00:00 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 17:36:41 +1000 Resent-from: DERBYSGEN-L@rootsweb.com From: Nora Kevan <kevanno@tpgi.com.au> Subject: That;s Life Resent-sender: DERBYSGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com To: DERBYSGEN-L@rootsweb.com Resent-message-id: <"DmPLkC.A.VgB._dyA3"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> Message-id: <01c801be7c14$46055fa0$bca30ccb@kevanno> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal Precedence: list X-Loop: DERBYSGEN-L@rootsweb.com Old-To: "Derby" <DERBYSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> X-Mailing-List: <DERBYSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/5129 Just got the following story from a friend in Canada" I just read of a man in England, called Ian Lewis, age 43, who spent 30 years tracing his family back to the 17th century. He travelled thousands of miles, interviewed 2000 relatives, and spent more than $100,000 in his quest. Then he learned that he had been adopted when only a month old, and his real name was David Thornton! Did he start all over again? Nora Kevan <Melbourne, Australia ==== DERBYSGEN Mailing List ==== Tip of the Week Read the FAQ for this list at: http://www.vaxxine.com/genrace/dbysfaq.htm --Boundary_(ID_pwW4UgsEZYjv4UigDDWhpQ)--