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RE: Lightening My Load: Thoughts From A Reformed Hoarder Part Three

in #declutter7 years ago

I don't know shit either! I kind of want to do one of those ancestry DNA/gene tests just to clear up where the branches of my family tree originally came from. My maternal grandmother and grandfather both developed Alzheimers so all I know is my grandfather came from Kansas. My paternal grandmother had dementia but I know she survived the dust bowl as a toddler and my paternal grandfather....no idea where he came from other than Michigan. I would like to know their countries of origin and know more about my great-great-grandparents. There's just something about knowing where you come from.

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Yep. We are so cut off, many of us, on this side of the world. I think it's part of my consistent "yearning for a home I've never known" feelings. You can buy a house in Europe older than I know my family tree.