McDonnells from Minnesota were tracing their family roots back a few years ago, and decided to make a pilgramage to the McDonnell family homestead in Newcomerstown Ohio... hoping to find gravestones or records..... Instead, they found the McDonnell tribe- alive and well... They return every couple years - bringing new information and more family. Tonight we were joined by someone from as far away as Seattle...
Fun to see similarities and compare stories. John and Mary McDonnell had 10 children in the early 1800s.... and scraps of this memory and that float around and occasionally connect.
Some of the Minnesota connection brought with them the saddest letter-found preserved in an old trunk "she died today.... " and are setting out tomorrow to try and find the grave of a child that someone wept over 100 or so years ago.....
Nothing like a family....
Dan is curled up reading "The Shack" and sharing exerpts and insights...
Boys voices float down the stairs...
feels blessedly normal...
there is nothing like a family...
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