Hello, There's a nice genealogy-success-story in "The Lowell Sun," today. It's a long, complicated story, but I'll try to summarize: Michael BRADY arrived from England and settled in Lowell in 1914. Mary Elizabeth _____ arrived in Lowell from Scotland. They meet and marry and have 3 children. But, with the 4th pregnancy, Mary dies as a result of childbirth. Michael pays for the 3 children to live in the orphanage, but he gives the infant away. Many years later, the 2 sisters have never been able to find out what happened to their baby sister. The grandson of one of the sisters, at Age 15, hears the story. This is 50 years after the event happened. He decides to try to find out. He promised his grandmother that he "would" find her. The grandson later finds out that the surname, McOSKER is connected to the family. But later finds out it was McOSCAR. A lady in Canada was also researching that name and they corresponded. The grandson ran into several dead-ends in his research, including a trip to Philadelphia with his grandmother. But, then he found out that a McOSCAR couple came from Scotland with 2 ladies. One lady, Lily, who was the one who took in the infant girl. Then he found out that Lily had returned to Scotland - with the baby. To make a long story short, the "long-lost sister" had passed. But, her only child, a son, was living in Scotland. The grandson in Lowell had also now lost his grandmother. But, the man in Scotland - came to the US and this month - a large family reunion ! www.lowellsun.com Betty (near Lowell, MA) (Oh, how I wish the "Lowell Sun" would start a Genealogy Column. Oh, how I wish they would publish Genealogy Queries.) :o) (I think I asked several years ago and was ignored.)