"I learned that she has two grown-up children"
"I see that you have been promoted"
看你能否打听到新来人的情况.
Does not depend on to get a line that we had only.我们不会在一棵树上吊死(就这意思).
Try to get a line of communication to them on a formal or informal basis.争取跟他们建立正式或非正式的沟通.