Having found my natural mother 35 years ago, (I was adopted) and consequently knowing my natural father's name, nationality, education etc., I started tracing family through Ancestry and also had a DNA test done. I would meet my mother from time to time - it was nevertheless an extremely strained relationship as I was born in 1945 and having an illegitimate child in those days was almost criminal. I spent some time trawling Ancestry to find traces of my father and the earliest I got back to was one Nikel Drumm in 1591 - a farmer in Germany whose descendants emigrated to America. Whilst trawling, I came across an actual photo of my father at the age of 21, and this was the very first time I'd seen an image of him. It sent shockwaves through me. I also found my half brother who didn't answer my contact letter. His birthday is Christmas Day, and mine is New Year's Eve!!