Do you have dark family secrets?

Andiline · 04-19-2008

Just came back from my dad's 75th birthday party and since all of our blood relations were there one question came up again: is my mom's cousin not her cousin but her half-brother?

My granddad died 9 years ago and we know that he took a 'secret' into his grave with him. There are a couple of things he never told his daugthers (my mom and my aunt) and since my mom's cousin does look like my grandfather my family has been wondering whether this was a coincidence or not. We found out some time back that this cousin's wife had seen the resemblance as well and she was wondering about the same question. Today we were talking about a pic that my grandfather had in a scrapbook that I saw last summer. It shows him naked (from behind) when he was a prisoner of war in France during WWII. Today my mom's cousin told us that his mom had the same pic but on that one my grandfather had written 'The interesting parts are those you can't see on this pic.'. We laughed a lot when he told us today but it was one more hint in the direction that we might be right with the guess that my mom's cousin might be her half-brother.... we know that we'll probably never find out if we are right. Still we ARE guessing.

Do you have any dark family secret?????

**SunKneeMarie** · 04-19-2008

Okay, I'm confused. Is this a cousin on your mom's other side of the family (not the side with the grandfather?)... and would that mean he would have had an affair with your mom's mom?

Andiline · 04-19-2008

This cousin is on my mom's side of the family and if in fact he would be my mom's half-brother this would mean that my granddad (i.e. my mom's dad) had an affair with his brother's wife (i.e. my mom's cousin's mom)... since both are dead we will never find out though.

**SunKneeMarie** · 04-19-2008

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Originally Posted by Andiline

This cousin is on my mom's side of the family and if in fact he would be my mom's half-brother this would mean that my granddad (i.e. my mom's dad) had an affair with his brother's wife (i.e. my mom's cousin's mom)... since both are dead we will never find out though.

okay, I'm with ya. I was thinking your MOM's grandfather, which didn't make sense... it's YOUR grandfather... nothing left to do any kind of dna thing on?

if we have any family secrets they are still just that--I don't know about them... but I fear we are just too freakin boring to have anything scandalous happening...

although my niece/nephew have a half sister cuz their dad was a dirty rotten cheating rat bastard... we don't hold it against her though, and she comes to a lot of our family gatherings... talk about my sister being able to take the high road

**ryberg** · 04-19-2008

I don't know that there are dark secrets in my family. But I guess a good way to find out would be to run for office in America, since that's just the level of thing we focus on in our political "dialogue" these days.

I mean instead of things that really affect the well being of our nation, its people and even the whole world, you know.

Steve

melliedee · 04-19-2008

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Originally Posted by ryberg

I don't know that there are dark secrets in my family. But I guess a good way to find out would be to run for office in America, since that's just the level of thing we focus on in our political "dialogue" these days.

I mean instead of things that really affect the well being of our nation, its people and even the whole world, you know.

Steve

None of us are safe because of our association with the known leftist Just Lucky.

**ryberg** · 04-19-2008

Actually we sort of have one, and with a German connection,too, A: my German grandmother ended up following her older sister to the States at the tender age of 17 only because she made the mistake in the Germany of 1922, and with a very strict mother, of becoming a mother herself. Out of wedlock, that is.

Her mother told her, you're going to have this baby and then you're going to leave it with me and go to America. So that's what she did. It's his widow and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren we go to visit there, now, when we have the chance.

Steve

Daddy B · 04-19-2008

My Dad, during his single days and when visiting somewhere in Spain once stole a bird from Alain Delon's clutches.

**Susie Q Roo** · 04-19-2008

I had relatives in insane asylums, as they were called then. But it really isn't any secret anymore, and it doesn't hold quite the same stigma as it did then.

Andiline · 04-19-2008

Well, we actually discussed DNA-analysis today but this was more a joke than a serious proposal. Since I never met the sons of my mom's cousin/half-brother we decided today that a meeting with ALL family members (my sisters, me and the two sons) would be great. I guess we'll discuss this whole thing then...

jsotherj · 04-19-2008

My father was married (to Ruth) before he married my mom. After my dad died, then my grandparents ( dad's parents) we went through all the 'stuff' and found out that when dad married mom, his divorce from Ruth wasn't final yet. Sooooo - we are all (10 of us) illegitimate

And my sister and I are the only ones that know this. Figured what is the use of telling mom now - she's 77 and in an assisted living facility - it would only hurt her. BUT - when mom passes away we will be telling our brothers. My sister and I are somewhat strange and think its really kind of funny!

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Andiline añejo Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 7,440	Do you have dark family secrets? Just came back from my dad's 75th birthday party and since all of our blood relations were there one question came up again: is my mom's cousin not her cousin but her half-brother? My granddad died 9 years ago and we know that he took a 'secret' into his grave with him. There are a couple of things he never told his daugthers (my mom and my aunt) and since my mom's cousin does look like my grandfather my family has been wondering whether this was a coincidence or not. We found out some time back that this cousin's wife had seen the resemblance as well and she was wondering about the same question. Today we were talking about a pic that my grandfather had in a scrapbook that I saw last summer. It shows him naked (from behind) when he was a prisoner of war in France during WWII. Today my mom's cousin told us that his mom had the same pic but on that one my grandfather had written 'The interesting parts are those you can't see on this pic.'. We laughed a lot when he told us today but it was one more hint in the direction that we might be right with the guess that my mom's cousin might be her half-brother.... we know that we'll probably never find out if we are right. Still we ARE guessing. Do you have any dark family secret?????

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04-19-2008	#2 (permalink)
SunKneeMarie character encapsulator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 26,326	Okay, I'm confused. Is this a cousin on your mom's other side of the family (not the side with the grandfather?)... and would that mean he would have had an affair with your mom's mom?

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Andiline añejo Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 7,440	This cousin is on my mom's side of the family and if in fact he would be my mom's half-brother this would mean that my granddad (i.e. my mom's dad) had an affair with his brother's wife (i.e. my mom's cousin's mom)... since both are dead we will never find out though.

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ryberg playa maya guy Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: wandering between the Village Vanguard, NYC, 1961 and the Plugged Nickel, Chicago, 1965 Posts: 10,499	I don't know that there are dark secrets in my family. But I guess a good way to find out would be to run for office in America, since that's just the level of thing we focus on in our political "dialogue" these days. I mean instead of things that really affect the well being of our nation, its people and even the whole world, you know. Steve

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ryberg playa maya guy Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: wandering between the Village Vanguard, NYC, 1961 and the Plugged Nickel, Chicago, 1965 Posts: 10,499	Actually we sort of have one, and with a German connection,too, A: my German grandmother ended up following her older sister to the States at the tender age of 17 only because she made the mistake in the Germany of 1922, and with a very strict mother, of becoming a mother herself. Out of wedlock, that is. Her mother told her, you're going to have this baby and then you're going to leave it with me and go to America. So that's what she did. It's his widow and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren we go to visit there, now, when we have the chance. Steve

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Daddy B añejo Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: 10 minutes walk from the Caribbean Posts: 8,995	My Dad, during his single days and when visiting somewhere in Spain once stole a bird from Alain Delon's clutches.

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Susie Q Roo paradisiac Join Date: May 2003 Location: Q Roo Posts: 10,531	I had relatives in insane asylums, as they were called then. But it really isn't any secret anymore, and it doesn't hold quite the same stigma as it did then.

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Andiline añejo Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 7,440	Well, we actually discussed DNA-analysis today but this was more a joke than a serious proposal. Since I never met the sons of my mom's cousin/half-brother we decided today that a meeting with ALL family members (my sisters, me and the two sons) would be great. I guess we'll discuss this whole thing then...

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jsotherj añejo Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Where the river meets the sea.... Posts: 1,870	My father was married (to Ruth) before he married my mom. After my dad died, then my grandparents ( dad's parents) we went through all the 'stuff' and found out that when dad married mom, his divorce from Ruth wasn't final yet. Sooooo - we are all (10 of us) illegitimate And my sister and I are the only ones that know this. Figured what is the use of telling mom now - she's 77 and in an assisted living facility - it would only hurt her. BUT - when mom passes away we will be telling our brothers. My sister and I are somewhat strange and think its really kind of funny!

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