This is about MY roots. Looking back into where I came from, who made me, and where they came from, who were they, where did they live, what were their lives like and so on. The map below shows where my DNA threads come from.
Although I knew some of the story of my mother, Edna Leake’s family story, I never knew my father, Herbert Charles Aldridge. The early family myths were that he had died in ‘the’ war (WWII) prior to my birth. This I accepted as truth until it was too late to confront those who might have known the truth. There were no photos, nothing to tell me about the man who helped create me. My search for answers began in earnest in the late 1980’s following the death of my Aunt Della. My mother had passed away in 1979 and Della was the last person who could have filled in some of the gaps, but had chosen not to. I was living in Canberra and had access to the wonderful National Library of Australia. Starting with my Birth Certificate, I was able to obtain copies of both my parents’ Birth Certificates, and the journey back in time began…
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