Tracing an old friend

Hi @mrsmopp yes you can contact someone directly on Twitter. You must be a member to do so, then you select ‘Follow’ on her sons page - little blue button, there are two ways to send a message so please be careful as I would think you would want this approach to be private otherwise his 2000 followers and all of their followers can see your message so don’t choose the tweet button - the one in a circle looks like a feather - choose Message instead and you will send a private message. Good luck with your message hope things work out. Remember if he is popular on Twitter and has 2000 followers he might get more than a few messages so if you don’t hear from him try once more as sometimes direct messages can get lost in the bunch. Hope all works out well for you there are old friends I would love to hear from so here is hoping all ends well

Explain in your first sentence who you are and explain you have lost touch with his mother and ask for his help. Worst that can happen is he ignores you.
I got in touch with an old friend after searching for years. I stumbled across on Facebook someone who I thought was her sister and she was very helpful in re connecting us. If you don’t do Twitter you could either sign up or enlist the help of another friend who is. How do know son is on Twitter? Good luck finding her!

Thanks for advice. It’s definitely her son on twitter as they have very unusual name and it’s the right area. Have followed your advice re contacting him, just hoping for a reply.
Fingers crossed ?