I understood why my Dad had to leave some things unsaid, even if I was confused.
Kimmy with her mum Before he went into surgery for a brain tumour, my brother, Chris asked our father Eric if there was anyone he could contact. ‘If I die,’ my father replied, ‘it dies with me’. It was January 1976 and I was 12 years old. This was the first hint that my father, who died less than a week later, had a secret that he would take to his grave. 50-odd years later, I now have the truth – I have a long lost aunt.
It felt like winning the lottery when you didn’t even know you were playing the game. The money was totally unexpected, completely out of the blue. Yet I was also disappointed, even a little depressed. Suddenly, I had an aunt who had been alive all this time, with whom I could have had a relationship, and now she was gone. The nursing home where Eileen had lived had provided some photos. It was incredible to look at her and see the female version of my father: same eyes, nose, face shape.
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