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Third Wife's the Charm
My grandfather was married three times and is buried between his first two wives. His third wife survived him and gave instructions that she did not want to be buried with him. After all, he would have two wives to rise with him on Judgment Day, and she didn't want to be with them!
Amma C. Crum
Jackson, Ga
My Favorite Martin
I've been interested in genealogy for several years and have gotten stuck on a few names, mostly a Margaret Martin from Preble County, Ohio. I was mentioning this to one of my best friends, Erin Martin, when she stopped me in mid-sentence: "Uh, Melissa, we're related." It turns out that Margaret, my fifth-great-grandmother, was the sister of her fifth-great-grandfather.
What I find even more interesting is that my maternal grandmother, who's on a different branch entirely, happened to have an old photo album from the 1800s with the name Martin attached to it. I collected the names from her and showed them to Erin—the photo album actually belonged to her great-grandfather. Talk about your small world!
Melissa Dennis
Fremont, Calif.
New Math
My uncle didn't like the terms "half" and "step" when referring to brothers and sisters. So, although he was one of 15 children in a blended family, at a family reunion he stated that he had five and a half sisters and three brothers. He explained that three sisters plus five half sisters equals five and a half sisters. And six half brothers equals three whole brothers.
Eileen Yoder
Berlin, Ohio
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