Zelenskyy made a secret phone call to Mitch McConnell urging him to pass a provision that would give

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27. You're so lucky to have been able to connect with your relative!

Well, I'm sure it was more intentional than luck. What I wouldn't give to have a fuller understanding of my ancestors' history. I can't believe that I'm learning about my great grandmother "Anna" or sometimes "Hannah" from Ancestry.com, city directories and census records instead of from her directly. Of course, she is long gone, but my parents and I saw her every year or so until I was ten or eleven. I remember drinking tea in her kitchen; I remember her Yiddish accent, her dyed red hair, and I would have remembered any stories she told me if only I had asked for any.

But yes. I'm sure some of the stories she could have relayed would have been chilling.