I recently started an email correspondence with a ‘distant’ cousin. Yes, Katherine IS a cousin – probably a 2nd or 3rd without getting my paper and pencil to figure it out.
Katherine has been sharing with me some family photos as well as the all important ‘information’ and through our furious email messages, I have added MORE names to my database. But – to me, this is MORE than just names or data – this is about family. After all, in some respect, everyone in my database is somewhat/somehow related.
Sure, many of the names I add to my database are not related to me by birth but, I add them anyway thinking that someone will see ‘their’ surname and ask me how I am related to them. We start a dialog and before you know it, we share information which helps me and helps them.
As I have mentioned in previous posts, many of the families from Metzenseifen are connected – in some way or another… And as such, the family grows bigger and bigger which in some ways makes the world a littler smaller.
