Canadian family reunites with WW II baby after 81 years
The gist
British man Rod Anderson, 81, learned his father was Canadian soldier Charles Blakney.
The reunion closes a family rumour that DNA and records finally confirmed.
How it unfolded
- 1942Charles Blakney, married with a baby girl in New Brunswick, boarded the HMT Andes to serve in England.
- 1945Blakney returned home after serving as a motor and driver mechanic with the New Brunswick Rangers; Rod Anderson was born in Farnham, England, to British mother Yvonne Anderson.
- 2008Bethany Allen requested her grandfather's divorce records from the archives; they confirmed the baby in England was real.
Key terms
- New Brunswick Rangers
- A former infantry regiment of the Canadian Militia's Non-Permanent Active Militia, later amalgamated into other New Brunswick regiments.
- St. Thomas, Ont.
- A city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, and the seat of Elgin County.
Source: Wikipedia