The reason I asked my mother was because my father was losing his hair. I later realized that picking the right maternal grandfather had more to do with it.
Of course that's just another way that life is unfair--you never get to pick your grandparents.
“That’s just what I was told—I’m not saying it was right.”
LOL, sometimes I think parents make stuff up. My dad told us that if we swallowed our gum that it would go down and wrap around our heart. Swallow enough and your heart would quit.