Secrets hide, buried in ancestry archives. Stories from the
ages whisper in discovery, tales pieced together like a quilt. Hushed
conversations and reminiscences hint at something more. So many women. Too few men.
Male heirs must survive to pass prosperity through the ages.
Tug-o-war bows to male authority. Strong women are no match for aged tradition.
Genealogists search family Bibles and attic boxes, taking lunch
inside research libraries and beside grave markers. Careful toward accuracy
rather than fancy, the storyteller’s pen writes the bittersweet saga.
Sometimes I'll hear a new story from a cousin or my one remaining aunt that gives me insight into one of parents or grandparents. I love it when that happens.
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