I decided I'd look up my maiden surname in Google, to see if there were any references to my family in Thailand, none of whom I know but have been ever so curious about....
My dad was from Thailand and married my German-American mother then moved to the Midwest. Since then, we've had minimal contact with his numerous brothers and sisters. A friend of mine asked if I knew any of them, which, of course, I didn't. But, surely with the age of the Internet, there must be some records of cousins, second cousins or the like, who are lilsted on some type of Web site, perhaps at a university or something.
Doing the search brought up several of my old career press releases (I've been a PR contact/communications professional for the last 15 years), several 5K race results (my sister dated a marathon freak and was therefore into running for while) and a bazillion references to geek sites (my brother owns a computer store in Caro, Mich.).
I was starting to think I wasn't going to find a "Rungtranont" from Thailand until one lonely reference came up, to a young woman named Kanchana Rungtranont who was listed as a ballroom dancing competitor!
Unfortunately, I don't know who Kanchana is. More than likely she is the daughter of one of our uncles' children... But there wasn't much information about her, other than she competed twice and got last place each time. Oh, well!
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