Mary, your last line cracked me up!! I have a few family members with the same tumor! Small world isn't it?? Sharon P. Mary Stickney wrote: > > Mom wanted to know if he was still alive and alright. I had not been > looking for him at all. He was not hiding very well. If you search his > name it comes up on 9 web pages. And he is listed at anywho.com. Just > had to figue out which Robert of the 3 it was. Mom happened to be going > to California to visit her brother, so she checked it out. > > Another Robert lives in Texas, as does my other brother. He was next for > a visit , if this one did not pan out. > > I wrote all 3, and none answered. > > He was 6 years old when our dad died. He went in the moving truck with > him alot also. > > He remembers the good times before our dad died and left us flat broke. > Mom had a 6,4 and 2 year old, and my other brother was born 2 weeks > after our dad died. > > He may be hostile because Mom went to the store wher he worked , only to > find she was supposed to be dead. This will make him look bad to his > boss. Who was kind enough to show mom a few pictures. And even gave he > one. > > I think he inherited that brain tumor that makes you lie about your > family. > > Ruth Miller wrote: > > > > Mary, > > > > Why is your brother hostile? Did he have a falling-out with the family some > > years ago? I gather he is not from your father's "other" Californian > > family, but has the same father and mother as you ... I don't wish to pry > > if this is sensitive, just trying to work out the "story". Were you trying > > to contact him to help piece together your father's history? > > > > Pat, > > > > You may have misread the intentions of the person trying to unsubscribe. I > > doubt if he meant it as any sort of insult or ungraciousness, he just > > wasn't aware of the procedure and happened to reply to one of Pat's entries > > in his attempt to contact the list. > > > > I agree with everone else ... please keep contributing Pat! The list > > wouldn't be the same without you. > > > > Ruth > > > > >There was no reunion, and it looks like there may not be one. > > > > > >He was not at work when she went to the store. > > >And he came back from vacation that night. I had sent him an e-mail , > > >per mom's request. As he would have just hung up on her if she called, > > >and he did not get home until late from his vacation in Barazil. > > > > > >These e-mails are from before he went to work the next day. I guess he > > >was PO'd > > >that we caught him in a lie. And so had his boss, seeing his dead mother > > >standing there. > > > > > >Maybe after he calms down. > > > > > > > > >answer to 1st e-mail: > > > > > >Just who do you people think you are? If I wanted to have any contact > > >with > > >you (which I emphatically don't), I would. We have anti-stalking laws > > >here > > >in California and ANY attempt to come to my place of business will > > >result > > >in legal action. You have been given your FINAL notice. IN the words of > > >Supreme Court Justice Learned Hand, "the most precious right of every > > >American is to be left alone." > > > > > > > > >answer to my answer to the first, telling him we are your family: > > > > > >Hate has nothing to do with anything, _I_ have made a choice based on > > >things that are important to me and this YOU must respect. I have a > > >different family now and any further interference in my life will not be > > >tolerated and will not be of any satisfaction to any of you. > > > > ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== > > Please consider becoming a Rootsweb contributor. > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > > access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM > > -- > > (o o) > ------------oOOo-(_)-oOOo------------ > > Mary Stickney > International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists (IBSSG) > Proud owner of 6 BlackSheep > 1 murderer, 1 bank scammer, 1 Incestuous pedophile, 1 deserter, 1 car > thief > 1 forger of government documents (my dad, still can't find who he really > is/was) > http://blacksheep.amity.org/ > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=stickneys > http://www.genealogy.com/users/r/o/g/Mary-L-Rognessstickney/ > http://www.genealogy.com/users/r/o/g/Mary-L-Rognessstickney/PHOTO/0058photo.html > http://www.genealogy.com/users/r/o/g/Mary-L-Rognessstickney/PHOTO/0057photo.html > > ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== > Please consider becoming a Rootsweb contributor. > > ============================== > Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM