SouthAussie
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I reckon she's definitely Dutch - who knows what she was doing in Tasmania and how long she had been there or under what circumstances, prior to having the kids. If the surname is Stanford, well that's Anglo Saxon, so just guessing that that name comes from the father of the kids. Maybe someone she met and married in Tasmania, and that 'Mr Stanford' is/was an AUssie? Or, he was overseas, met her in Holland or elsewhere then they decided to hook up and moved to Tasmania (he could have been from Tasmania or they just chose to go there for some other reason). Then something obviously happened to that relationship not too long into all three boys coming along and she took them back to Holland??? Just my guess at one scenario.I'm still confused about the family background, the twins were born in Tasmania. However I'm assuming the mother was actually Dutch as the article posted by Angeline above says she had to do English Language training in Canberra. Even after 20 years abroad, a native English speaker doesn't lose that do they. So are they expats or was she a Dutch woman who had kids while visiting Australia? This probably isn't important but I too am curious about their decision to move to Leeton of all places.