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From: "Monissa Whiteley" <>
Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Is she adopted or not?
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 00:01:39 +1100
In-Reply-To: <001c01c3ea4b$c7a482c0$f46c54d2@com.au>


On 3 Feb 2004 at 21:48, Mike and Robin Hurburgh wrote:

> "Genealogy relies entirely on the honesty and fidelity of women: When
> a child is born his mother is known, but the identity of the father
> can only be assumed. Or as my mother sometimes said: 'Mamma's baby,
> Daddy's -- "maybe." ' "

It's interesting, if you consider the both, that so many people concentrate on their
paternal line.

(Not me. I've found the maternal line is actually the most interesting.)

Monissa

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