Case No. UKUT-00226-(IAC)

(11) According to the Appellant, his family comprises the following relevant members: (i) His paternal grandfather, who died when the Appellant was aged around ten . The grandfather’s first wife was the Appellant’s grandmother. Following her demise, the grandfather married the Appellant’s step-grandmother (“KF”). (ii) KF, the Appellant’s step-grandmother, is the step-mother of three children of the Appellant’s paternal grandfather. These three persons are the Appellant’s uncles/aunts. One of the aunts has two sons who are described consistently as the step-grand mother ’s nephews. (iii) The Appellant’s father died when he was approximately eleven or twelve years. Subsequently, KF sponsored the marriage between the Appellant’s mother and SI, a son of KF. For some time thereafter, all of the aforementioned persons lived together in the same household. (iv) SI is the Appellant’s paternal uncle and became his step-father subsequent to his father’s death. (v) When the Appellant was on a visit to a maternal aunt, his mother married SI and they and the Appellant’s sisters left the family home. The Appellant claims to have had no contact with any of them subsequently. We shall revisit these factual issues in our findings, infra .