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    Adopted – Me?: So Who Do I Think I Am?
    Adopted – Me?: So Who Do I Think I Am?
    Adopted – Me?: So Who Do I Think I Am?
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    Adopted – Me?: So Who Do I Think I Am?

    By John Thompson

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    At the age of 43, during my divorce and a child custody battle, I found
    out I had been adopted. Shock and disbelief changed to a gradual urge
    to seek out my natural parents. Years later, I eventually found my mother
    hidden in a fairy-tale castle in the forest. Thats what it seemed at the
    time. This then led to a sister, three brothers, a father, and an even
    larger family of cousins and their offspring. The next thirty years were
    a mixture of joy, relief, happiness, and fun whilst forging a new life
    for myself. Later, I experienced sadness, despair, and tragedy whilst
    helping to alleviate my birth mothers mental illness and caring for
    and losing four parents. I uncovered a dramatic 1930s love affair and
    700 years of family genealogy with high-ranking seventeenth-century
    offi cials from the Church of England. I also discovered more about my
    birth father, a World War II RAF fighter pilot who nearly ended up
    being shot, escaping from Stalag Luft III, who owned a leading sock
    manufacturing company in the United Kingdom, run by the family
    since 1882. On the family tree, I found Victor Borge, the famous
    concert pianist and stand-up comedian. Finding my new family has
    been a very happy, rewarding, and interesting part of my life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateMay 22, 2013
    ISBN9781481794749
    Adopted – Me?: So Who Do I Think I Am?

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