I know he had many reasons for doing what he did. I can only say that his life fell apart the day that he found out that his whole life was a secret.

He was adopted in Cape Town by a Jewish family who lived in Johannesburg. They made a huge mistake and didn't tell him that he was adopted untill he was in his preteens and once they did tell him they lost his trust and destroyed his future.

I'm writing you this letter because I may have lost my Dad, but I know that there is someone out there who can give me answers and fulfil the emptiness that I'm feeling now. I need to know about his roots, try to find out what I am, who I am.

Not knowing ate away at my father's soul, it destroyed him inside. I can't even begin to imagine how betrayed he felt. Maybe this is a waste of my time, but my Dad wasted his time. He was so terrified, too terrified to look for the truth and that killed him. He spent so much time dodging who he was that eventually he forgot all together. I know that I'll never find him again, but maybe I can uncover a part of him that he didm't even know himself - a part that scared him.

I'm all he has left and I won't stop untill I know the truth... Can you help? This is all the information that I can give you now.

Name:	Ashley Mark Beyer
Date of Birth:	25/04/54 (South African ID 5404255118001)
Place of Adoption:	Cape Town
Adoptive Parents:	Names withheld