The "Skeleton In The Cupboard"

Intoduction:Naughty Nina

This is a brief resume of what I knew (or rather didn’t know) about my maternal grandmother. For my entire life I have never know anything about her other than her ‘maiden name’. Not where or when she was born, died, married or anything!!!

The only snippets I had were recounted by my mother – Nina’s only daughter/child and as you will see – she was left in the dark and, it seems, lied to throughout her life too.

So first a bit of background and later – in ‘Episode Two’ I’ll update you on the ongoing research that has been done so far by a group of superb genealogists – but one in particular – ‘Nuccia’ - who lives in Toronto Canada - to help me solve this mystery. There have been some quite surprising developments but they will need to be ratified.

I’ll post the next episode later. But until then - just to whet your appetite - enjoy this bit of my muddled family history read more...