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no_hypocrisy

(48,577 posts)
Tue Apr 30, 2024, 05:13 PM Apr 2024

I'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 OP
Far out! ShazzieB Apr 2024 #1
Wow! MOMFUDSKI Apr 2024 #2
sister of my father's father bucolic_frolic Apr 2024 #3
That's like a genetic gold mine! erronis Apr 2024 #4
Yeee-- hahhh!!!! fierywoman Apr 2024 #5

erronis

(16,751 posts)
4. That's like a genetic gold mine!
Tue Apr 30, 2024, 07:08 PM
Apr 2024

Most of my linkages are to other liberal thinkers. Every now and then we uncover a RW skunk.

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