So surfing on the web between acts at the theatre i work at i found a web page that featured a man the same age and name as my father.  The next day I used some web-fu to track down phone numbers and addresses of both the man and his parents.  The next day a phone call was made and... I got an answering machine.  Claims of long lost son hood are not things you leave on a strangers answering machine.  The second number was dialed a woman answered, I asked for the man who had my grandfathers name, the woman replied that he was not in.  I asked her for her name, it was that of my grandmother.  She asked what this was about. 

“well, this may sound odd, but my name is Ryan Richards and I may be your grandson”

“Why, yes... yes you are”

So the plan is to meet them for the first time and on the way I’m going to visit my mothers side of the family, pass through the cities i was born and raised in.  Then meet my fathers side of the family.  after that I’m going to The San Diego Comic con.