Shame and scandal

[Seanmhair]

About 1882 GG GF brought his family to Texas from Ohio after his BiL killed a man after a Sunday croquet match! Was never spoken about but was a "dark secret" until my mother unearthed the records.

Uncle was found not guilty (although he probably was, alcohol was involved) and died a pillar of the community 30 years later~

[zjrog]

Genealogy on my Dad's side is pretty straightforward and proper. On my Mom's side, I prefer her adopted family's line to her blood line... Though her blood line might have had a fair bit more fun!!! (and actually crosses with the adopted family line!)

[cruiser348]

I have the good luck of having my entire father's family history back to the late 1700's posted for me to find on the internet. Apparently, one of my distant cousins decided to do a detailed family tree as part of his Master Thesis and posted it on the internet to permit others to help expand upon. It has been made simpler as far as the history in the US because there has only been a single person with my last name who emigrated to the US in the 1700's; so anytime I run across another Shumway I know that I am somehow related to them. The part that so far has eluded me is my grandparent's wedding day. They refuse to tell anyone their anniversary date, and everyone believes this is because my father was conceived during one of my grandmother's visits when my grandfather was doing advanced training with the US Army in Texas. My father has since passed and my aunt has told them that no one will be upset about the date, and that we just want to be able to celebrate it. But, so far they hold fast to refusing to tell.