don't you want to know the real family tree and makings or do you prefer to ignore the truth...that's out there??
my neighbour gave me a book on nancy wake, the white mouse the spy and within the 1st chapter i found out i am related ...what a odd world we live in so many secrets .....so many connections...so many lives...
2007-01-24 23:35:14 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
i would really like to know! my aunt died as a young woman, and the events of the day have always been kept a secret. until my grandfather went to a nursing home and my parents were cleaning out the house, we had always been told it was suicide. some paperwork was found that suggested otherwise. we can't track down an autopsy report or anything (it was almost 40 years ago). unfortunately, the only people that know the truth (or any resemblance to it) are dead or will take it to their grave. it's really sad....we would just like to know the truth!
2007-01-24 23:43:22 · answer #1 · answered by wookin pa nub 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't call this a deep, dark "skeleton in our closet" kind of secret, but I did find out something interesting last year at my Grandpa's 95th birthday party.
His father came to America from Austria after marrying his childhood sweetheart . They settled down in upstate New York and had a large family. Something like 8 kids. The wife died after giving birth to their last child. The man then farmed out all his children to people in the community and moved to Wisconsin in the early 1900's. He met a woman at a barn dance and married her. They ended up having 5 children (one being my Grandpa). He never told the wife or kids about his other wife and 8 children until his deathbed. It was a huge shock to the family. The wife hunted down those children, most already grown. The two youngest were found in an orphanage in NY and the 2nd wife (my great-grandma) invited them to come and live with her. She raised them as her own. The other children were invited to move to Wisconsin and start new lives there as well, so the whole family could be together. My grandpa always thought these children were his natural brothers and sisters until he was in college and figured out birthdates and things didn't add up. I have a lot of respect for my great-grandma.
Not a big family secret... but interesting nonetheless.
2007-01-24 23:55:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Mom's a genealogy buff about her side of the family--totally ignores my deceased fathers side--would love to know more about Dads history (turns out Moms side is pretty juicie!!)
2007-01-24 23:46:30 · answer #3 · answered by dawnee_babe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most family members want to paint a rosy picture....especially if you are younger than them.....best to get your information from an outside source, such as this book ---you'll get all the 'dirt' then
2007-01-24 23:39:14 · answer #4 · answered by XOXOXOXO 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont want to know the rest of my family the ones i know are let downs either (ex)drug addicts, (ex) alcoholics or (ex)petty criminals.
2007-01-25 00:32:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
knowlege of our past helps us to not repeat mistakes made by our ancestors.
2007-01-24 23:39:38 · answer #6 · answered by sarah j 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im about to find out sunday.
2007-01-24 23:39:16 · answer #7 · answered by Belosnezhka (aka Gex) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My nan researches all this.
2007-01-24 23:43:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋