SIXTEEN ~ Wonderful to find my Jennings cousins!

Meeting my JENNINGS cousins for the FIRST TIME!!!

The Journey is worth the effort

Not sure I can explain the extent of frustration during the search. Fortunate for me it  resulted in one of the most meaningful meetings of my life.

I had continued writing and searching on ANCESTRY.CA, MY HERITAGE, and any other site I could find. I also was getting valuable help from a few members of my Private "Facebook" page "Searching for Lenora Jennings". One gentleman Tom BURK was able to track down a cousin whom I had written to many times. She had moved a few years earlier and wasn't receiving my messages. I had hit a brick wall.

But thankfully Tom found my cousin Anne, I was elated to speak with her and her mother....who had actually met my mom a few times back in the 70's! After another month of searching for mom I was feeling a bit defeated and decided to search on "Ancestry.ca" for information on one of her brothers....BINGO, I found another couple of cousins!!! It was like playing a game of Domino, bit by bit cousins were falling into place.  All in all I found 5 cousins and 3 of their children and --- drum roll pleaze "Aunt Doreen" who once was married to my Uncle! AMAZING!!!!

BURNING UP THE PHONE LINES

What the heck do you call a feeling of Instant Kinship with people you have never met? Kizmit? Whatever it's called, it feels Wonderful! I never knew I had any cousins and then I find an entire Jennings tribe, it is more than I could have ever imagined. So then began the many phone calls, texting and picking their brain for any memories of my mother. I found out the cousins were too young to remember a lot about my mom.I was sad to learn that there mother had died just a few months before I found them. Aunt Joyce was the person who enjoyed Genealogy and researched the family history. If anyone had any information on my mother, it would have been her. I am sorry that my aunt and her oldest daughter passed away before I had a chance to know them.

I CAN'T WAIT TO MEET MY CLAN

I really wanted to meet my Jennings cousins....and I felt blessed that they wanted to meet me as well. I was on Pins and Needles just waiting for a time where everyone could get together. It took a few months but a date is arranged. Booked my flight to the United States. The biggest preparation was going thru all my notes. I wanted to make sure I had all my documents and most of all all my Questions ready for them. I am READY....LET'S GO!!!!