[fruser1]

Over a quarter of my grandparent’s siblings died of TB in the early 1900s. 5 out of 23.

[oh8eleven]

Over a quarter of my grandparent’s siblings died of TB in the early 1900s.
One of the gruesome facts I discovered doing my family's genealogy (NYC 1850-2000), was the number of ancestors who died from TB.
Respiratory diseases thrived. Not only was it hard to stay alive back then, there were few "easy" ways to die.