My grandfather was orphaned as a toddler in the First World War. He never knew his family.
A few years ago my parents traced their family tree using his birth certificate. However recently it became apparent that the birth certificate he was given on leaving the orphanage was not infact his at all.
How do you trace the family of someone whenyou don’t know who they are? It could just be a mix up and his name at least is accurate, it is a very common name, think Jack Jones or it’s possible he was raised with the wrong name entirely.
My mother, an only child since her brother died as a child, with no maternal cousins, would love to find her paternal family but how to do that without so much as an accurate name and date of birth. It is like the trail ends there. Anyone had a similar experience or has any ideas?