Hi - Count me in too -- My father's family came from Poland, 1915 --and NONE of the six remaining children (now in their 60's, 70's, and 80's) seem to know who their grandparents were. Not even their names! I assume this is the result of my father's parents not speaking of their life before immigrating. Repressed people often find that keeping silent and keeping secrets are a way to literally survive, as I am sure many had to do in the old country. In the new world, it would continue as mistrust of authority in general, as so many of you have written about, but also as a way to begin fresh, without the stigma and burden of the past. It may also have been a way of protecting their children. And may have been, after so many years, a habit. There are so many of us - this is interesting! I wonder if this type of situation is as common among other ethnic groups, which suffered in similiar ways? Jamie Freitas Searching: Pian, Gallant, Solarz, Schultz, Gordon Poland/Russia