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RowenaandDad7

My father is James Stuart Douglas born in Perth on 7th June 1941 and grew up under the care of Stuart and Norma Olive Douglas at 23 Essex St Wembley‚ Perth W.A. My father has lived in Bundoora Victoria for more than 55 years. His mother just before her passing told my father that his real name was Laurence Maher (unsure of the spelling) and he was adopted from Sister Kates ‚ (kates kids?)‚ not far from the hospital. I am assuming this was a section of Royal Perth Hospital at the time. We only know (via heresay) that his biological mother was aboriginal and his father was of UK/European descent. DNA has matched him with first cousins in South Australia. Bart Kakoschke from SA reached out to him directly advising him that he was probably from the Johnson or Porter ancestry line. It is my father and I who would very much like to know our ancestry. My father’s only family growing up was Norma Olive Douglas‚ there were no other siblings and his father was actually in quarantine at the time my father had to have been conceived. All our lives there were members of the family that denied knowing anything‚ did not speak about this and remain even now indifferent‚ asking me why am I so interested to know‚ namely my mother so it has been difficult over the years to feel encouraged to reach out. My father was never given a birth certificate. Any help at all will be so very much appreciated‚ even where I should start. My father is now approaching mid eighty and he still brings up the topic with me in private. kind regards‚ Rowena Douglas Contact me.