Trying to find a person - any ideas

katiesue · 06-02-2008, 12:17 PM

Ok kind of long story-

Trying to help my Mom, help her friends, brother's friend (can't make this stuff up) find someone. The guy had a child in 1969 and has had no contact since she was a few months old. The guy now has a terminal illness and would like to get in contact with the daughter before it's too late. So I said I'd help.

I've just got her name and a birthdate. Luckily it's not a super common last name but I've had absolutely no luck finding anything at all. I've tried just straight yahoo and google searches. Classmates. Zaba. USA Search.

Any other ideas? It's quite possible that the mother got re-married and they changed the childs last name, or she's gotten married and had a name change.

Alex · 06-02-2008, 12:18 PM

Any idea where the child was born? (and on a side note, if he has had no contact since she was a couple months old, as much as it might make this guy feel better, I'd be subtly pushing that he not try to make contact or if he does to start with the mother; the daughter may not even be aware he exists)

JWBear · 06-02-2008, 12:25 PM

If she married, she would probably have a different last name now.

BarTopDancer · 06-02-2008, 12:26 PM

MySpace
Facebook
High school's (yearbooks)

But I also agree with Alex. She may have no idea this guy exists or his her father. And it probably won't be pretty when she gets to know him for a few months and then he dies.

innerSpaceman · 06-02-2008, 12:27 PM

Or, and this may or may not be evil, hire someone to play the daughter for one or two contacts before he passes on.

Moonliner · 06-02-2008, 12:29 PM

Oh! I'll do it. I'll play the daughter.

"Well dad, there have been a few changes in my life since we last saw each other....."

GusGus · 06-02-2008, 12:30 PM

my vote is for evil

very evil

not good

Moonliner · 06-02-2008, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by GusGus

my vote is for evil

very evil

not good

I agree with Gusgus.

katiesue · 06-02-2008, 12:34 PM

I agree I don't think contact is the best idea. I have no idea of any of the circumstances. I just said I'd help look. I do have a city location for where she was born and the date.

Kevy Baby · 06-02-2008, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Or, and this may or may not be evil, hire someone to play the daughter for one or two contacts before he passes on.

You are a bad, bad man!

Quote:

Originally Posted by GusGus

my vote is for evil

very evil

not good

Who are you and what have you done with my wife?

06-02-2008, 12:17 PM	#1
katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	Trying to find a person - any ideas Ok kind of long story- Trying to help my Mom, help her friends, brother's friend (can't make this stuff up) find someone. The guy had a child in 1969 and has had no contact since she was a few months old. The guy now has a terminal illness and would like to get in contact with the daughter before it's too late. So I said I'd help. I've just got her name and a birthdate. Luckily it's not a super common last name but I've had absolutely no luck finding anything at all. I've tried just straight yahoo and google searches. Classmates. Zaba. USA Search. Any other ideas? It's quite possible that the mother got re-married and they changed the childs last name, or she's gotten married and had a name change. __________________ My life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.
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06-02-2008, 12:18 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Any idea where the child was born? (and on a side note, if he has had no contact since she was a couple months old, as much as it might make this guy feel better, I'd be subtly pushing that he not try to make contact or if he does to start with the mother; the daughter may not even be aware he exists)
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JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	If she married, she would probably have a different last name now. __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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06-02-2008, 12:26 PM	#4
BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	MySpace Facebook High school's (yearbooks) But I also agree with Alex. She may have no idea this guy exists or his her father. And it probably won't be pretty when she gets to know him for a few months and then he dies. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Or, and this may or may not be evil, hire someone to play the daughter for one or two contacts before he passes on.
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Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Oh! I'll do it. I'll play the daughter. "Well dad, there have been a few changes in my life since we last saw each other....." __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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GusGus DrunkenSeamstress Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Is it hot in here? Posts: 311	my vote is for evil very evil not good __________________ . . . . "Mythology is psychology misread as biography." - Joseph Campbell
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06-02-2008, 12:34 PM	#9
katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	I agree I don't think contact is the best idea. I have no idea of any of the circumstances. I just said I'd help look. I do have a city location for where she was born and the date. __________________ My life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.
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