L-R, Louise Dortort Watnik, with three of her siblings: Isadore, Oscar & Frieda Dortort in Basel, Switzerland, circa 1912.
Louise (1903 -1987) is my 1st cousin 2x removed. Her grandmother by marriage and my great-grandmother were sisters, that's the 1st cousin part. And she was born two generations before me, that's the 2x removed part. Yesterday I met for the first time and visited with her daughter, Cirel Watnik, in busy downtown Brattleboro, VT. Over the sound of trucks, buses and motorcycles we sat at sidewalk cafes and parks talking genealogy and connecting the dots.

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