12o words or less
“Hidden branches of your family tree:
Unexpected stories that changed the way you think of yourself or your family.”
Picture a boy. Picture a train. Picture this boy on a train
winding through New York at the close of the 19th century. Before
the train can stop, he is tossed into the waiting arms of strangers like his
family had thrown out rotting potatoes in Ireland. Picture his parents waving
goodbye forever, and picture the boy then turning to face a new harbor. Picture
all of the stars overhead that aligned to guide this little boy on this large
ship to this particular train and into the waiting arms of this new family. No
actual pictures of these events exist, but it is enough for me to envision what
a chance at life I nearly missed.
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