My paternal grandmother had an ex-nuptial son - my father - in 1907. She was a Catholic nun and he was a Jewish (though not by religion) dentist. I am going to Brisbane in early January to meet the descendants of the dentist's sister, as he had no more children.
The result of the liaison - my father:
He used to tell people he got that flat ear from playing the piano by ear! It was really the result of an operation.
My maternal grandfather had an ex-nuptial daughter in 1905. For reasons difficult to understand, the mother of the child was not allowed to marry him, so he took the baby home from the hospital and brought her up himself. He had a live-in housekeeper, whom he married in 1916, and they had a daughter, my mother.
This is my maternal grandfather:
My maternal grandfather had an ex-nuptial daughter in 1905. For reasons difficult to understand, the mother of the child was not allowed to marry him, so he took the baby home from the hospital and brought her up himself. He had a live-in housekeeper, whom he married in 1916, and they had a daughter, my mother.
This is my maternal grandfather:
The number of ex-nuptial births in previous generations is astonishing and sadly shows how hypocritical they were about sex.
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