Obama asks Supreme Court not to hear Armenian Genocide-era insurance claims case

[Gregorian]

25. There's more. I have a great uncle who now has a statue in his honor, I think in Aintab.

My grandmother's family, just before leaving, had their belongings in a little store, to sell and keep living. One day, as the story was told to me, a prince rode up on his horse. He was going to take/marry my grandmother. I only know that she was terrified. I think it meant a certain death for her. She closed her eyes and prayed. When she opened them the prince had gone. The mayor was the one who came the night before the invasion, and told them what was going on. They put on a money belt and left for America.

My great uncle stayed. He opened a school for the orphans who were left behind. A group of nasty men who either wanted the land, or something, killed him. The town erected a statue in his honor.

This is all I know about my family. When my grandparents came to LA, they knew enough to buy real estate, some of which was bought by Mae West. But early on, my grandfather died, during the depression. They lost it all.

It takes very little to disrupt the natural world. Here I am 100 years later, wondering. Wondering who and where I'd be had the genocide not happened. Who my relatives were. Who I am.