Readers respond: Is there anything you regret not asking your parents?
We asked our readers whether there was anything they regretted not asking their parents, and the response was overwhelming.
From family histories to stories from their own lives, here’s what you wished you’d asked.
Maureen Collins - I wish I had of listened to her stories.
Dorathy Helen Dawes - I regret not asking my father questions about family stories and history while he lived. Thankfully, I did get to ask my mother for her family stories.
Roman Frackiewicz - My dad's POW experience, the DP camp experiences before emigration, his family, the political environment in pre WWII Poland from his perspective, his life.
Margaret Inglis - I wish I'd taken more notice of things they had said/told me as I was growing up. I am referring to family history etc. I have copies of birth certificates etc as my father had looked into some genealogy, but this was before the internet. He often spoke about his family background, I also have his diaries from the early '30s, so I have some knowledge.
Yvone Osborn - So many things - When we're young life tends to get in the way, and then it's too late when we think of things we'd really like to know answers to!
Jacqueline Evans - Yes, I lost my Mum earlier this year and everyday, something comes to mind. Along with daily things, I think “Oh I must tell/ask Mum this”.
Margaret Leonard - Where do I start, it's not till they have gone, that you needed to know that question or thing and it's too late then.
Lyn Miner - Yes, I would ask my mum everything she could think about her father. I don't think I will ever know who he really was.
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