The Family Tree Author:Keith Miller The Family Tree spans four generations of the Dalton family. It is the story of a young successful business couple in New Zealand, Simon and Barbara Dalton, who decide to trace their respective families. Simon because he has an interest in his grandfather who he has never known and who lived in Australia and Barbara who was born in the Ir... more »ish Republic, but wishes to know more about her Irish heritage. The trail leads them to Australia, Japan, USA, England and Ireland. The story revolves around William Dalton who fought in the trenches and later in the first Tank Corp in World War I and emigrated after the war to New Zealand. It follows his life and those of his sons, Michael Hennessey raised in Ireland and David Dalton, brought up in New Zealand. Simon"s grandfather (David Dalton) had a successful world-wide business based in Auckland and later Sydney. His half-brother (Michael Hennessey) was a distinguished soldier in the SAS during World War II, Malaya and Oman, later becoming involved with the IRA in Northern Ireland. The two never met, but their lives were drawn together with surprising results by the curiosity of Simon and his wife Barbara.« less