Family tree

Yesterday I made contact with a previously unknown cousin. She seems equally as excited to know me, as I am to know her. She warned me that other relations want to be in touch, and I heard from another cousin this morning. I do not want to know my father or his immediate family. It is really wonderful for me to find relatives who are nice. It is such a shocking contrast to what I have always known, and to the terrible sadness I've experienced on that family's account in the past.