Suprised by the Real "Black Sheep"
By hcromer
@hcromer (2710)
United States
January 15, 2007 11:25pm CST
The first time that I tried to develop a family tree was when I was 10 years old. It turns out that tracing my family history on my father's side is down right near impossible. While she was on her death bed, my grandmother finally came clean with my father that the alcoholic man that she was married to who he was raised to think was his father, was not and that she had had an affair. Who would ever think that their grandmother would be out having torid affairs? Has anybody else looked back into their family's history only to find that there are some really suprising skeletons in the closet?
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@MadameLaCouyan (149)
• United States
27 Jan 07
Affairs and children being born out of wedlock seem to be pretty common place in the heritage of many. My family has their share of them. Just one of those skeletons you find in the closet. There are of course many others like the Great-Uncle that was a horse thief that got hung out in the early west or the Grandfather that was a smuggler during the civil war. Our family has lots of curious characters.
My favorite story is still about one of my great-grandfathers that lived way back in the hills of Virginia. They were the kind of folk that preferred to be left alone. Well, in the court records from the late 1700's our family was surprised to come across an entry of where he had been charged with assault on a house. Apparently he had lost a game of cards to some fellow and had gone and thrown a rock at his house later that day. That was an interesting find!
@yorb24 (2179)
• United States
17 Jan 07
Wow. Surprising to find out for him I'm sure. I haven't traced my family's history but I wouldn't be surprised if their were some skeletons on my father's side. They've always been a bit secretive.
