Originally Posted by lorraine43
I have always wondered why my father would never tell us anything about his family life or anything about his growing up years.My daughter had to do a family tree for school when she was young and asked him questions. He got so mad and would'nt tell her anything. We always say there must have been a horse thief in the family!!!!lol
my aunts & uncles threw a huge party for my grandparents 50th reunion... when we were there, we were amazed at all the jewish people that were there...where we grew up in western mi, there wasn't a big jewish community. when we got to talking to some people at the party, we found out that my grandparents had been very active in the resistance in nazi holland... got out just ahead of getting caught in fact. no one ever mentioned that to any of us grandkids...
when asked about it, my grandfather, in a heavy dutch accent and his deep base voice, said "you don't have to tell anyone when you do the right thing, you know & god knows"
sure would have made 20th century history more interesting!