Just last month I shared a successful connection story to a cousin of mine due to those Ancestry shaky leaves. Well, I’ve had another connection thanks to Ancestry and I’m so grateful!
One day when I logged online, I saw that someone had been working on my first stepfather’s family tree, Donald Garner, and the she too shared the last name. I contacted her and was pleased to know that she was indeed part of his family – a cousin. Donald and my mother were not married long – not quite two years, but I do remember him. He also had a daughter whom would come and spend time with us from time to time.
After Donald died, we lost connection with his family but after making contact with Donald’s cousin, who informed my stepsister that I was hoping to find her, today we became Facebook friends and had some time to catch up by phone – yeah!
I am looking forward to getting to know her again and getting to know her family. 🙂
How fabulous! Over the summer I also made a family connection through ancestry.com. This researcher was very generous is sharing his research and I look forward to meeting him in the future.
Thank you for sharing that Lisa. It is so nice when we are able to make connections with people like this isn’t i?