“why get involved with all that if you dont have to?”
You have a point. There are some issues that come with complicated baggage. But y’know what? I (as do most folks) have baggage of my own, so while there are a few cultural challenges people from other zip codes may preclude an easy mesh with my family, unless the girl had horns growing from her head, I will not turn down any serious lead without taking the time to see the girl / family in realtime.
Does that mean I’ll jump on a plane to Rio just becuase someone told me good info? Not in the 1st few years of the search process.
Does that mean I’ll take a drive over to <pick the location, within a 2 hour radius> to see for myself before judging if the data is accurate?
You bet.