Ever solve any family mysteries? I once had a story about my grandmother's grandmother.

applegrove

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Thu May-19-11 09:20 PM
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Ever solve any family mysteries? I once had a story about my grandmother's grandmother.

She was an illegitimate child of a wealthy woman and a soldier named Hunter. As a child she grew up on a big estate on a certain river in Scotland till she got adopted as a nine year old. Well I found a manor house on the very same river that had been rented by some people named Hunter. I knew she was adopted by a lay minister name Gow and a woman whose last name was Dow. When I got the birth certificate it listed all the characters and the fact that Mr. Gow was a teacher at the very same estate. freaky!!

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clyrc

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Thu May-19-11 09:51 PM
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1. I solved a small one

My dad's dad's middle name was Hulen, and I found out through doing the genealogical research that this was a family name going back generations, with the original name being Hullings. I told my aunt about this, and she told me she only found out her dad's middle name recently, and he hated the name. Apparently he had no idea it was an old family name.

There are still a few family mysteries I would like to solve, like where a few of my great great great grandparents came from. Also, it would be nice to know why many of my more recent relatives don't like me, but I'm probably better off not knowing.

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applegrove

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Thu May-19-11 09:56 PM
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2. You can't possibly get along with everyone in your family if you come from a big one. Too many

differing personalities.

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clyrc

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Thu May-19-11 10:04 PM
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3. My mom was really close to her cousins when she was growing up

she even shared a dorm room with one of them. But something happened and they seem to actively dislike my whole family. It's not something I worry about often, but doing the genealogy research made me wonder what happened. I've gotten little hints here and there, but nothing that makes a lot of sense.

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