Comments on: Vessels http://granades.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgranades.com%2F2006%2F07%2F06%2Fvessels%2F%23comment-&seed_title=Vessels Like a blog, but explodier Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:57:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Geof F. Morris http://granades.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgranades.com%2F2006%2F07%2F06%2Fvessels%2F%23comment-1968&seed_title=Vessels#comment-1968 Geof F. Morris Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:31:45 +0000 http://granades.com/2006/07/06/vessels/#comment-1968 No one in my family has ever, ever talked about it, but my father and uncle had a stillborn younger brother, born in 1952 (I think). I only know this because of the genealogy work done by one of Dad's cousins. I remember running across it one day when I was eight or nine, and before my curious nature overtook my good sense, I almost asked my grandmother about it point blank. Every time I read of stillborn kids, I think about this: what would the dynamic of my father and uncle be with a third party to their sibling rivalry? How would this have affected the family dynamic that fooled my maternal grandparents into thinking that my mother was dating my uncle [14 months her senior] instead of my father [four years her senior] while she was still in high school? Yeah, I'm really thinking out loud at this point, but man ... Dad turns 61 tomorrow, and those birthdays make you think. No one in my family has ever, ever talked about it, but my father and uncle had a stillborn younger brother, born in 1952 (I think). I only know this because of the genealogy work done by one of Dad’s cousins. I remember running across it one day when I was eight or nine, and before my curious nature overtook my good sense, I almost asked my grandmother about it point blank.

Every time I read of stillborn kids, I think about this: what would the dynamic of my father and uncle be with a third party to their sibling rivalry? How would this have affected the family dynamic that fooled my maternal grandparents into thinking that my mother was dating my uncle [14 months her senior] instead of my father [four years her senior] while she was still in high school?

Yeah, I’m really thinking out loud at this point, but man … Dad turns 61 tomorrow, and those birthdays make you think.

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