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Fri 08 Aug 2003Family believes remains are their mother'sThe family of Jean McConville say they now believe that the remains found at Shelling Hill beach on Wednesday are those of their mother.The McConville family gathered at the mortuary of Louth Co Hospital in Dundalk yesterday awaiting the results of a preliminary post-mortem on the skeletal remains.