Hello Scrumpy,
have you ever tried ancestry. if you have then to begin with. you start with your self and your mothers full name and where you were born,
the (births ) deaths and marriages section but look at births, first
you will be listed as well as your mother ,
then look at the birth deaths and (marriage section ) which will show where your parents were married .at that point you could then look at the census,
they start every ten years starting with the 1841.census, 1851/1861 /every ten years the last one at the moment is 1911/ next one will be 1921.
so start with the 1911.one,it should reveal details
(then go to the census for 1911 ) It should tell you where your parents lived, what his occupation was, and so on, and who else was living there.
then from either his information, or your mothers either way you'll be able to see how many brother and sister he had and the same for your mother,
by keeping on probing working back wards you should be able to see where they were born and again who their parent s were, and where they were married, so its an on going thing,
its very interesting as it a constant searching and probing, again
working backwards all the time, once you get the hang of it, who knows you might get some very nice surprises, it you do then I bet your get hooked on ancestry its great fun finding out where you came from, but also expect the un expected too,
at least you'll find out I hope and fill in some of the blanks, like many of us have done already,
ill tell you one thing my father died very young killed during the war in England he was a dispatch rider, and the lorry which ran over him was an army lorry my mother remarried but she never told me anything about him
it was ancestry that I had joined, to which I found out during my research that my father had five sisters, and five other brothers, if it wasn't for this I would now still be in the dark , of course iv found mountains over the years.
about him and his family.
that is why I say expect the unexpected as you never know what you might find,
good luck ,
Alf,