Searching Dads birth family

I will do some searching and asking tomorrow and see if I can come p with anything.
Lennis Geiken
plasticava@aol.com

I have no knowledge...but wish you success.

Hi Hayley. Unfortunately I cannot help except to give you advice. I think you mean Bangor, North Wales. Has your Dad done his DNA test? I did the My Heritage (Geni is owned by them) as I have a lot of American relatives but I think that the Ancestry DNA test (which is British) would be better as there is the Welsh link here. Good luck with your search. If you need help with anything let me know as I don't live too far from Moelfre. Do you have an address for Gwladys? Have you done an Ancestry search on her?

Kind regards

Ann Dunn

Might be easier to contact me on anniedunn0305@yahoo.co.uk. Kind regards Ann

St. Aidens Boys Home closed in 1948 then reopened as a baby nursery.
http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/homes/TYNEM01.html
I also found a Gwladys (Gladys?) Maud Owen who was a midwife in Bangor, Wales in the 1950/51 “Role of Practicing Midwives”, page 358.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/61102/46172_263021009500_032...

Do DNA best advice

Yes do Ancestry. Then you can upload the results to My Heritage for free as well as Family Tree DNA.

@Scottishancesters. We had a similar situation; no known birth father for my mother so she did an Ancestry DNA test, it took 12 months for a match to pop up and now a year later we have been able to not only identify who her father is but meet living close relatives! Absolutely amazing and definitely worth you or your father doing the same. Good luck.

Hello,
I'm sorry, but i dont think i can add anything to your quest. I've done a huge amount of my family research, and your names & places dont come into it.
But i do wish you every success.

NameHugh OwenDeath Age61Birth Date20 Aug 1920Registration DateJan 1982Registration QuarterJan-Feb-MarRegistration districtCarnarvonInferred CountyCaernarvonshireVolume25Page0256Household Members
NameAge
Name
Hugh Owen

Parents
Thomas Owen
1892–1956

Mary Owen
1895–1972
Does this sound right?
Lennis Geiken
plasticava@aol.com

NameHugh OwenBirth Date20 Aug 1920Service1939-1945Medal Issued/Claimed1946-2002Discharge NumberR230150URLhttp://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D4352065

I have more info.

Hello Hayley, good luck with your search -
Not sure how it came to me but hope it works out.

I have no records from that area. I'm actually researching a similar scenario for a friend. As others have said it's probably worth having an ancestry DNA test completed. However do be aware that unless you are very, very lucky with a close match you will still need to complete much research.

https://dnaandfamilytreeresearch.blogspot.com/p/d.html?m=1

Thank you all for your replies, iall so kind helpful.....there are DNA results yes.
I think one may have nailed it? Kind regards, Hayley

My grandmother was Gladys Cowen before she married my granddad they were both from Northallerton Yorkshire I haven’t got any knowledge of my dad having any siblings that was adopted but if I come across any information I will let you know.
I suggest you do a DNA on ancestry then you can upload your DNA on most web sites which my husband and I have done.

Hi Hayley, like others have said I suggest DNA testing. My husband was adopted in the UK. He obtained his mother's details and court papers in the mid 90's. Has your father done this?

We tested with Ancestry DNA then uploaded it to other sites. A match came back at 91cm on one of these other sites. It took over 2 years, but finally a first cousin popped up on ancestry. He had no tree but his name wasn't common and I managed to link him with the 91cm match.

Then some of the lower matches began to fit this tree, like a jigsaw puzzle finally forming a picture.It's taken me almost another year to reach this stage but I'm confident i've found his father - I need relatives to test to confirm it.

Some people are lucky and a close relative is there when the results come back from the lab. But for many of us DNA is slow and painstaking work. But worth it!

In our case the birth father used a different name from the one he was born with - this alias was the name we had. We would never have found him without DNA.

Hi Haley, I'm afraid it's my son who does all of the investigation, so I would have to ask him (he lives in the USA) but as my family were South Wales, I'm not sure there would be a link. I don't recognise any of your information, hope you get better results elsewhere.

Hi Haley.
I'm sorry, that I don't have any Claytons or Owens in my Tree.
Kind regards.
Barry C. Holdstock

I have no knowledge of your family.

Hi Hayley
Moelfre is a really tiny town - I live in a small town not too far from Moelfre (but not near enough to have any knowledge). Have you tried social media? There are a couple of Facebook pages for Moelfre and in my experience, local people have a lot of knowledge about their community and I wouldn't be surprised if someone could help. Owen is a very common surname in this area, but Gwladys less so. As someone else pointed out, Bangor is the nearest hospital.

Sorry, can’t help.
Good luck.
Wally.

Hi
If you look up David Owen’sbirth entry it suggests that his mother was unmarried at the time of his birth.
There are three Gladys Owen,s born in Bangor area in 1929, 1930 & 1931.
The only way I can see going forward to go to the Bangor records office and look these up.
Tony

Hello Hayley
I do not think about ur fathers background but I will ask my sister in law might have known info cos she was from, Wales.
Good luck for Dna and will let you know the details.

Hi Hayley don't think i can help you I'm doing my family tree at the moment and it's a lot earlier than yours. I'm also trying to track my mother's family she also was adopted but in 1938 and can't find anything out! Good luck with your search

Hi hayley Im doing my dna through ancestry. I found a distant relative sharyne sillince link to Thomas Owen 1828-1872 and Sarah Owen 1851-1933 hope that helps. So is your dad distant related to me?

Hello Hayley, I am so sorry but I can't help you although my daughter does live on Anglesey and she used to work at Banger Hospital. She herself comes from Somerset so she wouldn't be able to help either
I really hope that you have great success and as others have suggested go for the DNA. Much love. Thelma Grimes (ne Harris )

I am very sorry but I do not think I can help as my family are manly Irish and American and we do not have any connection to Wales but I wish you good luck in your search

I'm sorry, I'm researching sites in that area but the names you mention haven't cropped up in my research. Good luck in your search.

Its good that you wont to discover your family tree, Unfortunately my tree only covers my my members which are mostly from Cyprus

Hello Haley my dads family were originally from Llanerchymedd small village on Anglesey but uncle lived in Moelfre sadly passed now. If you get in touch with the archives in Llangefni they maybe able to help you threw censor they kept years ago good luck in your search