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Thanks. It's very sweet of you to say so.
Yes, my siblings are worth keeping...at as much of a distance as I can manage:)

This one's a touchy one for me.

I won't ask!

Doesn't the half brother live right next door? I say supreme sisterliness; I know you care about him. What I don't know is the story of the halfdom.

Indeed he does, so as much distance as I can manage is 20 metres!:)

My mother was married to his father until he had the sense to skedaddle leaving her holding the baby...or so the story goes. Truth is it was difficult to get information from either parent . I have no idea where it was I was born other than it was Dublin and it wasn't in hospital.