Hi Pauline, I can see a future Hollywood script in this story  :)) Cheers  Mike Morris  Toronto Canada >________________________________ > From: "phodkinson@aol.com" <phodkinson@aol.com> >To: lancsgen@rootsweb.com >Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 6:47:31 AM >Subject: Re: [LAN] family history >Just another little story. >My Grandmother was a very strong Catholic and didn't recognize my sister, my brother or myself because our mum and dad weren't married. >I'll not go into the whys and wherefores of their stories but I would like to tell you about my search for my grandmother.  I left her family until the last as she was a SMITH.  Before I could find her, I had to get her marriage certificate to give me her fathers' name which tuned out to be John SMITH (I kid you not) <snip> > >