World Wind Story. We had a family member move from Bialystok, Poland to the UK with his Wife and Children. He abandoned them, went to the USA, and then "vanished". His family though he died in WWI. Not even close. To say this man was a "philanderer", womanizer, and Lady's man is putting it mildly.
1. Wife from Poland and he had 5 Children he Abandoned.
2. In Norway he proceeded to knock up 4 different women and had at least 6 more kids. We keep finding new ones.....
Finally settling down with one of those four women, he had two children. His youngest son and youngest son's daughter (granddaughter) were always suspicious of his story. Youngest son is now deceased. His oldest son is 95 and still living, but refused to spill whatever he knew. So the youngest son (while alive) and his daughter undertook the mission on their own.
Who was this man and why didn't his story add up. Well all came to light with DNA. He was in fact our relative. Instead of dying in WWI, he went AWOL, fled to Norway, changed his Name, got baptized, and hid his Jewish Heritage. Never contacting his Mother, Siblings, or Polish Wife ever Again. Then, Proceeding to philander his way around Norway having illegitimate kids. Out of the 6 children in Norway, 2 died in 1918 (probably of the Spanish Flu), and 4 lived to adulthood. Assuming no more children are located.
The woman who started this whole project wrote an article about her journey that got published in Norwegian. As It's in Norwegian and I need it translated so we can also read her work. Unfortunately, the woman who did all the research has been very busy in life and not had the opportunity to translate the document. So I am reaching out for help so we can read her Article about our Jewish Family Member who hid his identity and left children all around the world.
Couldn't make this up if we tried!
Sophia Sherman
