John Lennon's secret sister?
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| Ingrid Pedersen (1945 -) the half sister John Lennon never knew he had. |
John Lennon was in contact with two (half) sisters - Julia and Jackie from an early age. Two half brothers on the paternal side arrived when he was an adult - see here.
But throughout his life John suspected he might be have another sibling on the maternal side. In 1964 he even hired a private detective to investigate.
John's hunch may have been based on overheard remarks in his childhood. Confirmation only came nearly two decades after his death.
In 1998 Ingrid (formerly Victoria) Pedersen revealed that she was Julia's third biological daughter. John's 'secret sibling' came from a short relationship with a Welsh soldier 'Taffy' Williams, stationed in Liverpool 1944.
Unsurprisingly - given that Williams is one of the most common Welsh surnames and Taffy a generic nickname for any Welsh male - this identity has never been confirmed.
When Alf Lennon returned to Liverpool in late autumn he implausibly offered to look after Julia, John and the unborn baby, but Julia told him their relationship was over.
Birth
Julia gave birth on 19 June 1945. Her daughter, named Victoria Elizabeth, was born at the Salvation Army’s Elmswood Infirmary on Liverpool’s North Mossley Hill Road.
Under pressure from her family - and her new partner Bobby Dykins - Julia gave up the baby for adoption to a Norwegian sea-captain and his wife, who lived on the Wirral (close to Liverpool).
Ingrid learned of her biological parentage in 1966 but did not go public until after her (adoptive) mother died.
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