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To: NRx

A lot of orphans. I bet many were a result of the influenza and diptheria epidemics. My Mom lost a pair of twin sisters to the diptheria epidemic.


11 posted on 03/15/2019 2:57:53 PM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: Roccus

An interesting thought.


12 posted on 03/15/2019 3:18:13 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: Roccus

WWI + the so called Spanish Flu of 1918 created a lot of orphans.


13 posted on 03/15/2019 3:30:36 PM PDT by NRx (A man of honor passes his father's civilization to his son without surrendering it to strangers.)
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