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A Blighted Family Tree
I'm working on updating my family tree. The last time anyone undertook this project was in 1938, the year that my father was born. I've made a lot of very good progress, but I've hit an impass. That impass being my pain in the neck cousin. She's always been a little...difficult. We'll just leave it at that. I'm not here to air out dirty family laundry.
So anyway, I call her up, long distance, to explain to her what I'm doing, and solicit her help with some information. She, not so politely, informs me that she wants absolutely no part of it, and doesn't want to be included.
*sigh* She doesn't want to be included. What the hell? She has to be included...right? She is, afterall, part of this family, no matter what I may feel about it. Can she just be...discluded (I don't know if that's a real word or not, but if not, then I claim rights to it)? Can I ethically work behind her back, garner the information that I need, and include her anyway? I am a firm advocate of rights to privacy. However, do rights to privacy extend to family history? Should someone be able to disassociate themselves from family records and documents? Should I chip in to help pay to have the stick surgically removed from her ass?
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