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Thanks to WS for the hint that this exists - someone who has the same name as LC's elder brother, the Australian pediatrician, and this other man attended a conference in Abu Dabai in 2007. At WS, they stated that this name NEIL belongs to one of the great great grandfathers or some male ancestor, so many relatives of LC may bear this name, not just his brother:

UAE worries about water scarcity - Arab Science and Environment Watch

http://www.arabenvironment.net/archive/2007/3/182931.html

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......At the Abu Dhabi Umm Al Nar Power, the largest desalination plant in the UAE, the total net water output per day is 143 million gallons per day, but according to Neil Cranswick, production manager at the Abu Dhabi plant, they are not breaking any environmental codes churning out the water quotas they do. "We are stringently monitored as regards to the amount of pollution our plant causes and the sea water temperature is constantly monitored by an environmental agency to make sure it is not rising too rapidly," says Cranswick. "But despite adhering to environmental guidelines, it is true that the more water people use, the more energy our plant needs to use to meet that water demand. We can all help reduce the amount of oil and gas used at the plant if........

I'll bet it's all an entirely false lead. I presume that these folks may be from the S.African branch of the family, and MAY possibly be 3rd or 4th or 5th cousins of LC, people who he may be aware of on family trees but doesn't know in real life. This would prolly be a child of the Abu Dhabi plant's manager.

15/01/2010
ADHRC U12 V ARABIAN KNIGHTS - MATCH REPORT

Well, you will be immediately saying to yourself, that's not right 'Hendo, we didn't play them on Friday, and you'd be right. Arabian Knights called off late on the Wednesday, which left us a couple of days to arrange a test for our boys & girls, and that we did. A couple of quick e-mails & Tel calls secured a fixture against this year's U13s, (grateful to Neil Cranswick for his flexibility)....