These surnames sum up the difficulty of the task facing the Brookvale teacher trying to track down a long lost half brother she's never met.
"I just don't want him to think that no-one wants to know him," the 53-year-old says of her half-brother, John, who she first heard about three years ago when her mum died.
"It's complicated but we're a big family - I've got five sisters and a brother - and we each felt differently about it. But I really want to meet him and so do some of my sisters.
"I've been told his surname is Smith or Wright - typical I know - but he's definitely living in Runcorn."
Valerie, who now lives in Grappenhall, said that she only found out about her half brother when she lost her mother and after revelations that her father had an affair.
Valerie is looking for Mr Wright
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