I have been thinking a lot about posting this topic or not past months...but I've come to a point in life I must try to accept help and try to be open as much as I can. For me personal it is very emotional and sensitive matter. But this is the only thing I still must do before I die!!
to all of you members, readers, national Thai and Thailand expats & experts...I would like to ask help.
I still do want to stay anonymous on public forums and websites and I apologize for that matter. Thru pm I can introduce myself properly if necessary.
After many years of searching for my Thai family both father's and mother's side I come to a point that I don't know what to do anymore. where to search? who to contact? I contacted the Thai newspapers, Thai tv broadcasting networks, lawyers etc...most of the time no reply back at all (thank you for that!)..and it made me bit more frustrated but I learned to never give up. And especially in Thailand I must keep my calm.
the Thai friends I have , have done very much for me and I am so grateful for that. The Thai embassy helped me as well as good as they could and still do. The Thai embassy in The Hague ...let's not talk about them!
All my life I have longed for my family to be found...I have had a very tough youth and childhood. but I don't want to talk much about that if you don't mind. that's the past and I have to live with the things that happened to me.
in 2008 I went to the Dutch court to recall my adoption and after a hard fight it was granted by 3 judges in high court. I was the first adoptee who was granted after so many years..and fortunate some others were granted as well because of my case. my lawyer that time said 'I opened the eyes of the Dutch government in cases of recalling adoptions and probably the Dutch constitution law will change of this'.
I have been searching for so long..with help of a former police officer and his wife from Udonthani I found my father around the year 2008. they went to visit him to verify and I was so happy. I have so many questions unanswered ...
but unfortunately he got killed in a motorcycle accident some time after. all hopes were lost.
with help of another friend that time 'a friend from the Netherlands and his Thai wife' and the Thai embassy ..I tried to get in contact with the Thai family. but apparently the widow of my late father blocks all contact with the family...probably because I have been adopted illegally in the past. lose face in Thailand??
since a couple of years I am residing in Belgium and I have contacted the Thai embassy in Brussels for help too. They came with a total different story ..but that set aside.
So I am getting myself ready to go to Thailand for the first time. I am planning to visit Thailand in 2016 for close to a year probably. Most important is to find my Thai family. and than making a grand tour thru Thailand and visiting other countries nearby as well. and I am thinking strongly to move back to my birth country of Thailand eventually. I'm done here in Europe..Belgium, the Netherlands..I have the best wife I can get..she is the biggest support and hopefully she wants to move with me as well eventually. (but she thinks of Thailand as poor and 3rd world country
). first year want to travel around and looking where I want to live in Thailand. Most likely somewhere along the beach and in a big city. First few weeks I have meetings with the Thai government and the Thai ambassador and Dutch embassy too. This will all be arranged by my contacts from the Thai embassy in Bruxelles. (in order to get my Thai passport and Thai ID card). Then I want to spent 2-3 months max on finding as much information about my Thai family and try to get in contact with them. I have some addresses given by the Thai embassy. And I have some Thai friends who will help me as much as they can too. But they have also their lives and jobs/ family life.
my request: I am looking for a person m/w age: 20-40 who wants to assist me with translating Thai to EN or Dutch. Who is willing an can travel with me to the official offices.
AND I am looking for a personal guide/ translator who also can help me trying to find my Thai family. most searching will be done in the Udonthani area because apparently I come from a little village Kutchap. I prefer a woman because my friends from the Netherlands they found elderly women in the village who knew more information about my past and what has happened at that time but they were only willing to talk to a woman my friend said.
I am also looking for a private chauffeur who knows the Udonthani area very well. (man/woman)
I also would like to find people who are living in Udonthani and especially Kutchap and maybe they can help me finding my family too.
I have some information about my Thai family ..not much. I have a photo of my late father and his wife. but nothing about my mother. I have some addresses of my brothers and sisters living in the Udonthani area I guess. * thru pm I can give the addresses and more info if required.
* all travel expenses, food & drinks and accomodation will be paid for of course. I will probably stay in hotels or serviced apartments.
People who are interested in the 'job' for translating/ personal guide or chauffeur can contact me by pm svp! I would like to get to know each other first thru Facebook or skype chat.
probably I will move to Thailand in aug-sept 2016.
thank you all for listening to my private matters and hopefully someone is willing to help me. I speak several languages Dutch, english, french, german, some Spanish and Irabic, japanese bit and learning Thai. but prefer EN or Dutch. (otherwise my wife can't read the messages as well lol)
