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Tuesday, September 02, 2008 --- 91 days ago http://www.carthagepress.com/homepage/x802001773/Grandchildren-contact-Carthage-
 Labor Day weekend is a popular time for family reunions, but for one Carthage woman, this Labor Day will feature an extra special reunion with family separated by time and distance. On Saturday in Schifferdecker Park in Joplin, Jan Brown, Carthage, will see two grandsons she last saw almost 30 years ago, and meet three new great grandchildren and two granddaughters-in-law she's never met. "I'm just really thrilled about the whole thing," Brown said. "I have 23 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren, and 18 yet to get married. I had 21 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren, but James and Daniel came up with three more great grandchildren, so now I have 23 of each." For the grandchildren, James Hardin, 33, and his brother, Daniel Hardin, 30, both of Houston, Tex., this weekend will be the culmination of 15 years of searching for their father, Brown's son, David Hardin, Bristow, Okla., and their grandmother. "I've been searching for my dad and grandma for probably 15 years of my adult life," James Hardin said. "I'm excited, that's my blood. That old saying blood is thicker than water, well we're fixing to prove it." A long separation Jan Brown said the long separation started in 1989, when David Hardin and his wife divorced and the children went with their mother. Brown and her son assumed another man in the ex-wife's life had adopted them and that their last names had been changed. It turned out their names had not been changed, but ... |
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