(i am taking a shot in the dark here) But please tell me how to place the following add? I need to find my dad in Portugal Madeira / Santa Cruz and want to place an add in the newspaper. I live in South Africa.To whom it may concern 30 January 2009 Hola My name is Andrea, i am 30 years old born in South Africa Johannesburg General Hospital (the THEN JG Strydom Hospital) on 29 December 1978. I have been searching for my biological parents from the age of 15 and finally "traced" my biological family (my mom's brother) Hansie Lombard in Randfontein South Africa, he lived in Keetmanshoop - Windhoek in the 70's & early 80's. He had a brother Louis & Sisters - Adriana (also known as Mariaan - my mom). My biological mother Adriana Jorge Lombard passed away in 1993 (i never had the chance to meet her) and she's burried in Keetmanshoop. My dad Agostinho Abreu (also known as Johny) lived in Keetmanshoop North West Africa (in South Africa) during the 70's maybe ea!

> rly 80's where he met my mother Adriana. My mother fell pregnant with me, and according to family my dad wanted to take me with him to Portugal. (My mother's birthdate 10 January 1957) My father had a take-away / supermarket in that area. He moved back to Portugal (Madeira or Santa Cruz) where (according to family) he owns a Supermarket (Fruit & Veg) and i have no ID Number or even a birth date, or anything else to trace him (or try to find him). ALL I KNOW is the name and that he was older than my mother. Please any advice would be appreciated. I dont know how to start or where to start with my search seeing as i live in South Africa. My dad should be in his late 50's or beginning 60's now. Regards A Coetzee(madifourie@ymail.com)