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As well as her own feelings on the matter, there was one other factor encouraging my grandmother not to give up my dad.

He was the only grandchild in the family.

Her sister, Grace, had made the decision not to have any children.

And her brother, as I talked about elsewhere, died of tuberculosis at the age of 20.

Plus, Olive was already 30 by the time she gave birth to my dad. I think that the minute John disappeared from her life it was clear that she might not have any other children. 29/?