{"type":"entry","author":{"type":"card","name":"Mark Pearson","photo":"https://webmention.io/avatar/files.mastodon.social/6560584910a86b311de13f98f983fdc0c89f8d9a08b06f2539241f5016b9263c.jpg","url":"https://mastodon.social/@wizardofosmium"},"url":"https://mastodon.social/@wizardofosmium/106206194742334208","published":"2021-05-09T16:32:02","wm-received":"2021-05-09T16:50:12Z","wm-id":1149781,"wm-source":"https://brid.gy/comment/mastodon/@jk@social.nipponalba.scot/A74plEyOi00inkfm7M/A74vcy9Ry1GG2QHWi0","wm-target":"https://jk.nipponalba.scot/note/6097ff16/","content":{"html":"
@jk
I can understand some of what you're thinking. My uncle did some of his national service in Germany just after the war. What we didn't know until 10 years ago was that he had a daughter. It was a bit of a shock to know I had a cousin 10 years older than me. We've not had any contact with her.