Mary, I'm sorry to hear about your brother's refusal to see your mother. She must have felt terrible about that. Naturally she would want to know if he was alive and ok. So I gather he had not been in touch with your family for many years. I hope it works out better in the future, but he does sound awfully hostile. Anyway, I hope you solve the mystery of your father's origins ... might be best to forget Robert John for a while! Best of luck, Ruth 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?