After 59 years, brothers reunited with unknown French sister

Jacques and Roger Van Gucht are brothers. In 2000, Jacques discovered between old documents a birth certificate of his until then unknown sister Jacqueline. His mother, who had passed away recently, never mentioned her daughter… Jacques wants to find out what has become of his sister Jacqueline...

The story...

Marcel Dadonné with guitar

In 1942, Augusta Van Poecke, mother of Roger and Jacques, was sent to Wolfsburg, Germany to carry out forced labour. There she meets the very attractive Corsican named Marcel Dadonne. Marcel is a musician in the band of Tino Rossi. They fall in love and have a baby, a boy named Roger. At the end of WWII, they leave Germany and head for Paris. In Paris, their second baby Jacqueline is born on March 20th 1946.

Shortly after the birth of Jacqueline, Augusta must return to Belgium. Most likely, her passport had expired. She leaves her daughter Jacqueline with Marcel and only takes little Roger back to Belgium.

Marcel and Augusta never had contact again… The reason why Augusta never returned to Marcel and her daughter in France remains a mystery. Although Augusta often speaks of her lost love Marcel, she never mentions the daughter she had to leave behind.

Peoplefinderworldwide found...

The happy reunion between brothers
Jacques and Roger and their French
sister Jacqueline. I was their guest.

Jacqueline was found back in Toulouse, Southern France. She is married and works as a nurse in an operating room.

She is very happy and relieved to hear that her brothers have been looking for her. In the sixties, she also tried to trace her Belgian family…but the search was not a success. She is looking forward to finally meet and get to know her brothers.

Jacques: “I am so relieved that the search for our unknown sister finally became a success. For years and years we have been trying to find her, we contacted official administrations, we wrote letters to so many people for help… I was reluctant to contact an internet agency, because you never know if you can trust them, especially with personal and emotional matters, but fortunately, my fears were without any foundation. Also the costs are little compared to finding your family back. Thank you so much, without you we would never have succeeded!!

Augusta in Paris with the little Roger and baby Jacqueline.

Marcel Dadonné during WW2