Man Reunited with Long Lost Relatives After 17 Years with the Help of Facebook and A friendly Barmaid

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After a 17-year quest, a pensioner has been reunited with his long-lost relatives thanks to a kind barmaid and the power of facebook.

George Smith spent decades searching for his sister Frances Everett but always drew a blank.

The 69-year-old was a boy when he was separated from his siblings and put in a children’s home after his family split up.George feared he might never trace his relatives.But a casual conversation with barmaid Laura Lawson changed everything, reports the Daily Mail Record

The pensioner and his wife Alice, 73, got chatting to Laura when she served them at the Glynhill Hotel, in Renfrew. George mentioned to the barmaid about his quest to find his family and she put out a request for information on Facebook.Within two days, George’s nephew and other relatives he never knew existed had been traced

He said:
“Laura did in two days what I had tried to do for 17 years. She has been very, very good.

“Unfortunately, Frances passed away in August 2008 but I have now got other family I didn’t know I had, including her son William. I am over the moon with Laura’s help because I have closure now.”

George’s family were originally from Anderston, in Glasgow. He was put into Gryffe Castle children’s home, in Bridge of Weir, after his father died at the age of 36.

I was taken from Glasgow by the city council and put into Gryffe Castle. Then, I was fostered out to Banff, in Aberdeenshire.My late brother told me there were 10 of us.”

Offshore worker George, who now lives in Aberdeen, met Laura when he stayed at the Glynhill Hotel before having a hip operation in Glasgow.

She took some notes about his family and got on to Facebook.

Laura, 33, from Hawkhead, Paisley, said: “I wrote a Facebook post that I shared on a few Paisley pages.

“It ended up with more than 500 shares and hundreds of likes and I had people from places like East Kilbride and Aberdeen showing an interest.He had been looking for her for 17 years and, after two days, through Facebook, he received messages from people who knew his relatives.”