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Harry and Laura first met during the late autumn of 1942. Harry was a Staff Sergeant and one of the many Americans stationed in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Laura was a young housewife and mother whose husband was serving in the British Army. Harry and Laura embarked on a lengthy and passionate adulterous affair which resulted in my illegitimate birth.
Following the war, Harry returned home to the United States and Laura was divorced by her husband on the grounds of her adultery. Laura later met and had an affair with another man and this relationship resulted in her giving birth to twins. She now had four children to three different fathers and life was a real struggle for her. Eventually, she met someone else - whom she married. However, this marriage was a total disaster and the relationship was one of considerable domestic violence. During most of my childhood, I had to witness my step father beat my mother regularly.
Throughout my life, my mother had refused to tell me anything about my actual father and she even denied the American connection. My older sister used to visit her own father and grandmother regularly but she also refused to tell me anything about my father. I didn`t know his name or anything about him.
I grew up in the slums of Salford. I experienced the prevailing social stigma of being the illegitimate son of an American soldier. It was made worse by the fact that my mother had cheated on her soldier husband during wartime. As the years went by, I grew up, got married and raised three children. A spiritualist medium told me the name of my father. This eventually led to me confronting my mother about him. Surprisingly, she now agreed to tell me everything I needed to know. For years she had wanted to tell me but didn`t know how to. Her story was sad yet compelling. After hearing it, I knew that I had to try and find him.
With my mother`s agreement, I undertook a three year search to find my father and was eventually successful. He was still alive and wished to see me. I visited the United States and met up with him. He had never married and he had no other children. During my visit with him, he telephoned my mother back in England and invited her to an all-expenses paid visit to see him. Laura had never been on an aeroplane before, she was seventy four years of age but without hesitation, she flew to America to see him. What happened next leaves me breathless even today.
Following the war, Harry returned home to the United States and Laura was divorced by her husband on the grounds of her adultery. Laura later met and had an affair with another man and this relationship resulted in her giving birth to twins. She now had four children to three different fathers and life was a real struggle for her. Eventually, she met someone else - whom she married. However, this marriage was a total disaster and the relationship was one of considerable domestic violence. During most of my childhood, I had to witness my step father beat my mother regularly.
Throughout my life, my mother had refused to tell me anything about my actual father and she even denied the American connection. My older sister used to visit her own father and grandmother regularly but she also refused to tell me anything about my father. I didn`t know his name or anything about him.
I grew up in the slums of Salford. I experienced the prevailing social stigma of being the illegitimate son of an American soldier. It was made worse by the fact that my mother had cheated on her soldier husband during wartime. As the years went by, I grew up, got married and raised three children. A spiritualist medium told me the name of my father. This eventually led to me confronting my mother about him. Surprisingly, she now agreed to tell me everything I needed to know. For years she had wanted to tell me but didn`t know how to. Her story was sad yet compelling. After hearing it, I knew that I had to try and find him.
With my mother`s agreement, I undertook a three year search to find my father and was eventually successful. He was still alive and wished to see me. I visited the United States and met up with him. He had never married and he had no other children. During my visit with him, he telephoned my mother back in England and invited her to an all-expenses paid visit to see him. Laura had never been on an aeroplane before, she was seventy four years of age but without hesitation, she flew to America to see him. What happened next leaves me breathless even today.
