Hello! Well here is my mystery, actually it is only a partial mystery now. I guess i am posting this to get some opinions. I had heard as a child that my grandpa Harry B. Lemaster had another son that none of his children had met. But being young i guess i never thought to much about it . A few years ago when i started my genealogy research, my father got out my grandpa's bible so that i could look at the names and dates grandpa had written in it. Under births it listed my dad and his siblings and the last name on the page said Lloyd J. Lemaster 11/8/49. When i questioned my dad he said that could be the brother he was supposed to have, that lived here in Ohio. I thought it was pretty ironic that he might live just 20 minutes from here. Unfortunatly my dad could'nt tell me anything more. I also questioned another Uncle and he too had heard about the possiblilty of a this brother, but nothing besides that. I guess grandpa did'nt talk about it and they did'nt ask. I do know that the puzzel pieces fit though, my dad told me that my grandpa was here in Ohio building some Military barracks around the! time that this man was born. No one has any idea who his mother is or was . I put some queries out and someone was kind enough to look in the records at Lexis-Nexis and found an address for this Lloyd J. Lemaster. The birth date matches so i believe this is the man i am searching for. The address is also in the town that my dad had said he thought the man was living in. Here is the part i am having trouble with. How do i even begin to approach this man? I started to send him a letter but don't know even where to begin, what to say, or how to say it. I also do not want to barge in to his life and cause him any unnessary hurt. I also know he might not want to be contacted if he is the person i seek and i can respect that. It really bugs me to think i might have family out there i don't know. I guess since my dad passed away in July this has been eating at me even more, even if he did'nt want to be in contact at least i would know one way or the other if he is family. Who! know's on the positive side of this maybe he'd want to meet the three brothers he has......maybe not This situation hits pretty close to home, my birthmother died when i was three months old and i was raised by her brother and his wife, in 1994 i found my birthfather and 7 half siblings. Only two of my siblings knew anything of me and they along with my dad thouht i'd died as a baby ( i was a premie born at 6 month, weiging 2lbs & 1 1/2 oz) not expected to make it. My story is a long one, so i won't go in to it here. In the beginning there was a lot of hurt for my siblings and yes myself too, but in the end i am glad i found them all. So i guess this explains why i am having a difficult time trying to decide how to handle this. Anyone have an opinion they like to share?? I just don't know where to go from here. Faith(Lemaster) Poplin