Lynn Bancroft: I have a fabulous respect for a great-great-grandmother who lived on a small farm in northern Wisconsin and had 18 children, 15 of whom lived.
Lynn Bancroft: I have a fabulous respect for a great-great-grandmother who lived on a small farm in northern Wisconsin and had 18 children, 15 of whom lived. She took in her daughter’s three children after she died in an accident and raised them in addition to the 15 that she already had. Then one of those children had a son out of wedlock, and she raised that grandson. She was a person that just was the ultimate mother to me, spending an entire life raising children from every generation. These days, with DNA testing, you find out all kinds of interesting connections to people you didn’t know you were related to, and that brings in lots of interesting stories.