I am looking for relatives or should I say missing relatives. My grandfather born Leonard John Metro June 24, 1899, somewhere near the Carpathian Mts (Poland or so he said) My grandmother was Polish and when they argued, she would always tell him he didn't speak good Polish! Grandma said that he had changed his name, didn't know from what. The only things that he would tell us, was that he came to the US in the early 1900's ( 1906/1907)alone, his parents were already here, he came in with a girl named Synoweic. While here his parents had another child named Hazel, their names were Joseph and Olga. He spoke of an uncle Novak, used to tease that he was related to Kim Novak (just a joke I'm sure)
Anyway he left home when he was 16 and never went back, and never told us anymore about his family. He married my grandmother in 1928 Buffalo NY...So who was he before 1928?? He had a series of numbers tatooed on his left arm (no he wasn't jewish, we can place him before WWII) When asked what the numbers meant, all he would say was that it was the place where he was born. He mentioned places like Mass. Washington D.C.. Anyone who can help in anyway, I would appreciate it very much.
Thank you
Susan