"Matriarchs" established that the women in our family are the storytellers. That doesn't mean the men have taught us any less. Their lessons have been communicated by actions more than words. Our two grandfathers were opposites in many ways. Grandpa Alson Eugene Pusey (1918-2009) was a life-long Seventh-day Adventist who was raised in town, the son of a factory worker. He grew up to earn a college degree and become a teacher. Grandpa Paul C. Fox (1920-2009) was raised a coun

Since I last posted about my own DNA results, a number of my family members have participated in our family DNA project. The results are fascinating and surprising. On my mother's father's side of the family we continue to be bewildered by the significant ratios of British, Irish, and Scandinavian DNA, and the lower than expected ratio of Europe West. Here's why we expected higher percentages in Europe West. The Foxes came to Michigan from Pennsylvania where it is strongly s

Not long ago my cousins Karen and Errol (whose paternal grandmother, Blanche, was a sister to my great-grandfather, Clint Fox) had the difficult task of cleaning out their childhood home, an old farmhouse purchased by their grandparents and where their father, Irwin Mang, was born. Among the clutter and many antiques, a few treasures surprised the family. These treasures include the portraits of three women which were the subject of much speculation at a family gathering last