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Hi, Olivia.

Hi, Katie.

I've been thinking about our ancestors a lot lately.

Hmm.

And the other day, I visited the grave of our Irish great-great-grandpa, you know, who went full

Wild West.

Ah, yeah.

I mean, he changed our fate by doing that.

And as it turns out, Teresa Lim has been doing the same thing.

Hmm.

She was born and raised in Singapore.

And when she was looking at old family photos, there was this one striking woman who,

whenever Teresa asked about her, she was told, oh, that's Aunt Fanny, who had been unfortunate.

Sort of like, you know, we don't talk about Aunt Fanny.

Such a evocative and mysterious phrase, unfortunate, could mean so many fascinating things.

So many things.

Did you want to make me go look her up?

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