Mea culpa.
Forgot the horse faced witch Patti Davis.
Ron and Nancy had two disappointments.
Didn’t Maureen come around a bit in her politics before she died?
“Ron and Nancy had two disappointments.”
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I believe it’s a case of the two biological children having a very rough time of accepting their adoptive siblings.
Happens.
All the children were loved equally and cared for at the same level; it’s just a flaw some humans have within themselves.