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From: katy <>
Subject: Re: O'Donnell
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:15:39 -0500
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Slarty wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:19:11 -0500, katy wrote:
>
>
>>>I'm still vainly trying to track down just when my Maginess people left
>>>somewhere in Ireland and landed up (eventually) in 18th century Clerkenwell
>>>(London). Could well have come there via Scotland, judging by what my
>>>grandma believed.
>>>
>>>A hopeless task!
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>
>>>Roy
>>
>>I'm finding out that what family members believe and what was the truth
>>are often far apart and far away from the reality of things..
>
>
> Although that is all too true, I've since found found proof of the truth of
> so many things she told me as a child when I doubted her, since I thought I
> knew better at the time.I was wrong, and I learned my lesson.I've also
> gleaned a great deal of information from cousins, all older than me, and my
> oldest living relatives. A great resource, if you trat the information as
> clues only.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Roy

What I have going is my mother and her two sisters...put them in a room
and ask them "What happened?" and you get three entirely different
stories! I'm sure the truth lies somewhere in the middle. I've had to
stop asking with them all together since the last time almost came to
fratricide (sistercide?)

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