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Anne Wendel's avatar

Such a great story! I love the way you show the parallels and speculate about the causes.

LudwigF's avatar

Great story - thanks for sharing it.

You’re fortunate to have so many pics; I too have lots of old family photos, but I don’t know who any of the people are!

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Freya Thompson's avatar

Thanks so much for reading! True — I''m very grateful for the photograph of Elizabeth Jane, William and Alice in particular. That is one of the select few I got from my grandmother... But only in the form of the bad photocopy you see! I've told her the original must be in her house somewhere, but she doesn't know where... Hopefully one day I can see a high quality version! To be honest, most of the other photos of my family members I found uploaded by other users on Ancestry and Family Search. Collaboration is invaluable in genealogy!!

Jane Chapman's avatar

Such an interesting parallel and so many unanswered questions--many of which will likely never be answered--like how much Frederick knew about William and his grandchildren's lives and why he didn't intervene--if not for the sake of William, for the sake of his grandchildren.

Freya Thompson's avatar

Thanks, Jane. Yes, it's unfortunate we'll never truly know that!!

Susanne White's avatar

Such an interesting parallel - possibly a common one. As adults we choose a path that may be independent of those before us, but your story is more complex. That little window of knowing William’s early life and a mother might fill the jigsaw puzzle.

Freya Thompson's avatar

Thank you, Susanne. Yes, I hope I can one day find out more and complete the puzzle!

Paige's avatar

Very interesting article. Thank you for sharing!

Freya Thompson's avatar

Thank you for reading, Paige!