Archive - My Three Fathers

Language Regrets (Part 1)

Jan 31 •

The Brazilian Story

My father's attempt at emigration after WWII: he went to Brazil and he came back to Belgium.

Jan 27 •

December 2024

So who was this man my mother was going to marry?

Father Number One

Dec 5, 2024 •

Marriage or nationality, but not both!

My mother's choice, when I was born.

Dec 2, 2024 •

November 2024

the travelling cat

Nov 21, 2024 •

October 2024

Go West, young man?

which direction do we choose?

Oct 25, 2024 •

A day in the life of

I was distracted from writing a longer post by this memory from Facebook on 11 October 2013, 11 years ago, when I was 65, so I decided to post this…

Oct 14, 2024 •

Death clearing and my father's stamps

My (two) sisters and I recently had our annual reunion (we live in three different countries) in Ljubljana.

Oct 12, 2024 •

What is (family) genealogy?

Has genealogy become a technology?

Oct 4, 2024 •

September 2024

Never mind the 3 fathers, what about my mother?

Did she have 3 husbands?

Sep 20, 2024 •

Are family trees "imagined communities"

My two sisters and I did DNA tests because we had no relatives on our father’s side.

Sep 13, 2024 •

August 2024

Just writing more posts before I launch. If you subscribed earlier, please check you are still subscribed. I messed up my subscriptions.

Aug 22, 2024 •

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