4. We are made up of what we have remembered

Episode highlights: A menagerie of stories and recollections from my elementary years no one ever asked for but that shaped who I am today. The cemetery cats, my cousins, my experience of Granny, and I admit how little attention I paid to everything as a kid but am piecing together as an adult. I just finished the book Unearthing by Kyo Maclear and I share some of the more profound sections about the burden of secrets and the trauma of a child being taken from their parents. 

On the website I have shared some bonus content - photos and stories that didn’t make the edit for this episode. Was that my father at the door that day? Did the found “stray” cat belong to one of my classmates?

If you would like to share your family stories, or if you have an obituary or will story to share, email me at [e-mail] or find the submission form on awkwardancestry.com. 

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Thanks for listening!