Adoption from France (General)

by rookancestrybest , United Kingdom, Monday, March 29, 2010, 20:12 (5432 days ago) @ ritpetite

I think there appears to be a strong link between France and the FOD area. One of my ancestors is reputed to have been French but I can't find any documentary evidence of it. It was very much earlier on than this though.
However, another branch of my family, not FOD in origin though, had people born and living in France. I couldn't understand it and then found they have been living there because they were engineers connected with building the railways both here and in Paris. So, sometimes the links are different from how you might imagine and very interesting. Another branch of my family has members born all over the place and again it made sense when I found out that their fathers were vicars or in the army, posted all over the world for their work. One of the vicars set up a number of orphanages so it's worth checking whether your family might have some connection like this e.g. did they work in an orphanage there and adopt one of the children? Just some ideas but hope they help.