This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: didolouise Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.ireland.may.general/8460.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My Grandmother understood that the woman who raised her wasn't her mother and wasn't given much information other than she was orphaned, but as time has gone especially since my GM died 13 years ago more stories are coming out, one story is that her mother was married, met a man and had an affair with him and my GM was a result of it, her mother then apparently moved to cork when pregnant, met this woman who brought my GM up, and appeared one day and gave this woman my GM, and no more of a story afterwards, it was said this woman who was my GM mother, elizabeth moran was from Kildare... But there are a lot of little things that we're trying to put together to see if we figure out how my GM came to be in Cork, another little oddity is where she grew up was isolated enough, but she apparently went to a school in Cork City which would be about 10 15 miles from where she grew up, but my mother has seen my GM's name on an old school register with "Orphan" after her name.... She was born in 1926 so no census records for her, and we can't find a Civil birth record for her as of yet anyway.. The distance between where her parents were from and where she grew up is what throws us out in all of this, if it all happened in the same place it would be easier to just accept she was given up for one reason or another, but the distance makes us think twice.. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.