I am a child migrant researcher who tries to make people aware that they have a child migrant in their family tree. I have had a lot of responses from people saying for example 'that person is not a close relative so I am not really interested in them/researching them'
I just want to say that sometimes the most interesting stories/histories belong to distant ancestors.
A lot of the child migrants for many reasons do not have direct descendants or their families may not know they were home children so there may not be anyone out there to acknowledge them or research them other than someone who is a distant descendant
So if you do find you have a child migrant, an orphan ancestor or a relative that you have not considered looking at then please consider looking into their story as you might be their only descendant for all you know.
The way I see it is, every ancestor deserves to have their story told no matter how closely/distantly related you are to them.
Thank you for reading this
George
I just want to say that sometimes the most interesting stories/histories belong to distant ancestors.
A lot of the child migrants for many reasons do not have direct descendants or their families may not know they were home children so there may not be anyone out there to acknowledge them or research them other than someone who is a distant descendant
So if you do find you have a child migrant, an orphan ancestor or a relative that you have not considered looking at then please consider looking into their story as you might be their only descendant for all you know.
The way I see it is, every ancestor deserves to have their story told no matter how closely/distantly related you are to them.
Thank you for reading this
George
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