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/mEY.2ACEB/2270.2 Message Board Post: Don't get discouraged easily. I, too, was born out of wedlock and knew hardly anything of my biological father. Posted to the family name website. 3 years later, my half brother contacted me and I now have several half siblings I correspond with. You never know !