A lady, Helen Roberts, in Swansea, UK has met long-lost relations for the primary hour in her occasion upcoming a 121-year-old postcard was once in any case brought to an deal with previous this hour.
The postcard arrived on the Swansea Construction Family which impaired to be Roberts’ grandfather’s early life house and he or she nonetheless lives within the segment, as in line with Sky Information.
Her grandfather was once a brother of Ewart — the sender of the postcard — and the recipient, Lydia.
It’s understood that the sender was once staying at their grandparents’ area when he despatched the postcard to his sister.
“Dear L I could not, it was not possible to get the pair of these. I am so sorry, but I hope you are enjoying yourself at home. I have got now about 10/- [shillings] as pocket money not including the train fare so I am doing alright. Remember me to Miss Gilbert and John. With love to all from Ewart,” the 121-year-old postcard reads.
Interestingly, Roberts had been tracing her family tree online when she received a message soon after the postcard was first shared on the internet.
“It was once from a girl who’d noticeable the thing on social media, and he or she put the title and deal with of the individual the postcard was once despatched to into Ancestry and later traced her [to] my nation tree,” Roberts stated as quoted by Sky News.
“Once I noticed the deal with and the title I recognised it immediately as being my grandfather’s nation house as a kid and Lydia being his sister.”
The family has since reunited with Roberts and her sister Margaret Spooner meeting on Wednesday with Ewart’s grandson, Nick Davies and great-granddaughter of Lydia, Faith Reynolds.
“It was once splendid on Wednesday, assembly two individuals of my prolonged nation who I’d by no means heard of sooner than, let isolated met,” Roberts added.
Roberts also revealed that this has enabled her to “close a few loose ends” and learn more about her grandfather’s siblings adding that they have exchanged emails enabling them to keep in touch and learn more about their families.
Surprisingly, another family member surfaced in Canada who contacted Davies after the whole debacle was first shared online.
“The entire thing has been mind-blowing. Now not simply the postcard turning up, however the way it hooked up the nation and what sort of it’s long past viral globally. It’s astonishing,” Roberts concluded.
