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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 411963" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>One thing for sure though, those people sure didn't get divorced! In our HUGE family, on both sides, I have yet to see even one divorce in those past generations, absolutely none until you get to the last two generations! Men may have had their mistresses, even had children by other women, but they didn't divorce! And people took care of each other in those days. No nursing homes then so the families cared for their elderly relatives at home. No welfare in those days, no CPS either, so if a parent died or fell on hard times, the family members took in the children and raised them as their own. And the old German custom of a younger brother marrying his older brothers widow and raising his children came about because the family felt a responsibillity and an obligation to care for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 411963, member: 1883"] One thing for sure though, those people sure didn't get divorced! In our HUGE family, on both sides, I have yet to see even one divorce in those past generations, absolutely none until you get to the last two generations! Men may have had their mistresses, even had children by other women, but they didn't divorce! And people took care of each other in those days. No nursing homes then so the families cared for their elderly relatives at home. No welfare in those days, no CPS either, so if a parent died or fell on hard times, the family members took in the children and raised them as their own. And the old German custom of a younger brother marrying his older brothers widow and raising his children came about because the family felt a responsibillity and an obligation to care for them. [/QUOTE]
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