Mac had investigated all that they could about Leonard Dreyfus and his siblings - but now, they wanted to know about the parents. Margot and Alexandre Dreyfus - who were they? Where did they come from?
A search at the local library unearthed the family's immigration records, showing that the Dreyfus's had travelled to the United States from England in 1954. Mac realised that their search was going to take them abroad if they wanted to keep going.
And so Mac landed in Britechester, the noted birthplace of Leonard Dreyfus. It felt serendipitous to land here of all places, being the place their mother Jasmine had lived before they were born. A place they had often thought of visiting one day, but had never found the right reason. And even though they weren't here to try and find their Dad, they were still here to seek out their own history and identity.
But Mac felt the trail going cold all of a sudden. Sure they knew that the Dreyfus's had once lived here, but where?
A search at the local library brought up the English birth and marriage records. When Mac searched for Margot and Alexandre Dreyfus, they found a small newspaper announcement reading:
Alexandre Eli Dreyfus married Margot Ruth Brown in Henford-on-Badgely, June 1950
After a long train ride, Mac arrived in Henford-on-Badgely the very next day. It was as sweet, quaint countryside down, with history and charm. The houses were old, many of them still standing from many years prior - English cottages, townhouses, post-war builds. As they walked into town and noted the architecture, Mac wondered where it was that Margot and Alexandre had lived - what it had been like to grow up in an era of war.
