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58. You bet, Hope22!

Reply to Hope22 (Reply #57)

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 04:52 PM

8 hrs ago

Dad was 46 when I was born in 1958. mom was born in 1918.

Dad 1912-1970
Mom 1918-2012

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