Please don’t be shocked by the title of this story as I in no way have any doubts at all as to my true parentage. But this is the story of...

Today, the 24th of November 2014, marks what would have been the 100th birthday of my maternal grandfather, John Francis (Jack) EGAN. ...

My late paternal grandmother Elizabeth Speirs ENGLISH (Lizzie, nee RENSHAW) is probably the main reason why I first became interested in m...

My story begins in the small Southland town of Mataura. I grew up there, my parents and both sets of my grandparents lived there, and for...