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I've been girding my lions for a while about writing this little chunk of , as it's both a lot and also very near to me. But I think I'm ready to give it a try.

This thread is about Olive, my grandmother.

She's the only person who'll ever feature in anything I tag 'genealogy' who was a frequent part of my life until she passed away.

She's also at the centre of most of the unorthodox I've had to do when making sense of my family .

This'll be a long one. 1/?