My father had three sisters - there's a long, complicated story about it all but the upshot of it is, his mother left his father and took the girls with her, and left my father with his dad (the Klansman), who did a really effective job of completely turning my dad against his mother and sisters. By the time I came along, only one of Daddy's sisters was in contact with him. I'd be interested to know what happened to the other two, if they had kids, if I had cousins out there. *shrugs* I have so little family of origin left (three first cousins is all, on Mama's side).
My mental hugs to you. I know there's no comparison, but my dad was a bigot and an asshole; it's a hard thing to accept when your parent is ... less than shiny. *makes face* Good luck with your search.
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My father had three sisters - there's a long, complicated story about it all but the upshot of it is, his mother left his father and took the girls with her, and left my father with his dad (the Klansman), who did a really effective job of completely turning my dad against his mother and sisters. By the time I came along, only one of Daddy's sisters was in contact with him. I'd be interested to know what happened to the other two, if they had kids, if I had cousins out there. *shrugs* I have so little family of origin left (three first cousins is all, on Mama's side).
My mental hugs to you. I know there's no comparison, but my dad was a bigot and an asshole; it's a hard thing to accept when your parent is ... less than shiny. *makes face* Good luck with your search.