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    Tracing WWII orphan origins?

    That’s what I figured too. When I asked how he ended up in the orphanage from the hotel, he said the staff turned him over to the orphanage after he was found. Whether it’s the full truth or not I can’t say for sure, though. Unfortunately my Grandad’s since passed so I can’t ask more questions...
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    Tracing WWII orphan origins?

    My apologies if this has already been discussed here, I’m finding myself constantly back at square one tracing my Grandad’s family history. According to my Grandad, he was born in a London hotel room during WWII, an illegitimate son to an unknown bio-mother. He says he grew up in an orphanage...
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