[durasell]

Why would they tip toe around it? -

Here's an excellent book on the subject:

Flu : The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic -- by Gina Kolata;

[Nowhere Man]

Why would they tip toe around it? -

I really have no idea why my grandmother was so tight lipped about it. I think it is kind of dumb, but she was a very private person in a few things, especially financial matters. I know after that, she was raised by her aunts and uncles and so on. She was 6 at the time, and she remembers her father leaving her about that time, maybe a little before. Come to think of it, I have a lot of "black holes" in my family history, I wonder if I have "UFO roots." I like that term, "UFO roots" means that you are so unsure of your family background, sometimes "you got to wonder if your ancestors were kicked out of a UFO." B-) I've also seen the term used by those who have come from aliens and/or claim to be, but I mean it in the former where there are times I wonder where I came from. B-)