by K (Colorado)
Nobody in my family has divorced for three generations. But my great-grandfather divorced his first wife and married my great-grandmother. His own
son, born of this second marriage – my great-uncle – criticized him for what he did. Now both of those generations are gone, but there are still
effects.
I live in the same town as one of the descendants of my great-grandfather’s first family, and I like genealogy, so I have often wanted to go meet this
person. But I still haven’t made it happen – I keep thinking, what do I say: hello, I’m the great-grandchild of the woman your great-grandfather
left your great-grandmother for?
I am ashamed of the divorce, even though I would not exist without it – three generations later!
