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Related: About this forumI've tapped into an otherwise obscure branch of my paternal side of the family.
Last edited Tue Apr 30, 2024, 07:58 PM - Edit history (1)
Specifically, descendants of the sister of my father's father. A slew of second cousins.
AND THEY'RE ALL LIBERAL PROGRESSIVES.
I couldn't be happier.
Postscript: I found my great grandmother's grave in Altoona, PA (mother of my father's father). And I realized we all were related to her. Very very cool.
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I've tapped into an otherwise obscure branch of my paternal side of the family. (Original Post)
no_hypocrisy
Apr 2024
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ShazzieB
(19,041 posts)1. Far out!
MOMFUDSKI
(7,080 posts)2. Wow!
Great find.
bucolic_frolic
(47,896 posts)3. sister of my father's father
Sounds like she's a great aunt. In more ways than one.
erronis
(17,337 posts)4. That's like a genetic gold mine!
Most of my linkages are to other liberal thinkers. Every now and then we uncover a RW skunk.
fierywoman
(8,170 posts)5. Yeee-- hahhh!!!!