"It Could Happen To Me" -- A Sad Family Tree Story

"It Could Happen To Me" -- A Sad Family Tree Story

Here is a sad genealogy story told to me by a friend:==================================It was a damp Tuesday evening in Chula Vista, the kind where the marine layer clung low and muffled the sounds of the city. Elias, a man whose world revolved around the meticulous dance of names and dates, sat hunched over his glowing monitor. Thirty years. Thirty years he had dedicated to tracing the tendrils of his family history, patiently coaxing whispers …