I had heard once that this was common practice to insure that the future wife was fertile. True or not, I don't know. You are not the only one with multiple out of wedlock ancestors. It is actually quite common. I came across one relative (Polish) who had 5 children by 5 men and was married to one of them. Sound familiar? Today's culture is no worse than out ancestors. And one nationality was no worse than another. My mother was gossiped about because she was an out-of-wedlock mother with my sister. After doing my research I have found that she had a lot of company. The biggest tongue waggers were in the same boat. I have also found this situation with suicide. I think it was as common or more common with our ancestors. Mary > > Two in a row is curious, and I'm wondering if this was just culturally > acceptable in Slovenia back then. Anyone know? > > Mike > > > -- [email protected] http://genealogy2002.tripod.com http://communities.msn.com/Genealogy2000 _______________________________________________ Get your free email @ http://www.MailPuppy.com A Service of: http://www.DreamStarGroup.com _______________________________________________ Powered by Outblaze

I have been told that out of wedlock was very common in days past,(Slovenian or otherwise) and that the babies were "absorbed" into grandparents,aunts,uncles,etc. families until the parents could afford to marry; I was also told that this is the reason that first names seem to "run" in families--that way the wagging tongues could not definitely say "this one or that one" was or was not legitimate! Of course, it was not all "front page" news back then, and they did what they needed to do to protect their integrity, God bless them. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Urban <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 9:05 AM Subject: Re: Pregnant out of wedlock culture? > I had heard once that this was common practice to insure that the future wife was fertile. True or not, I don't know. You are not the only one with multiple out of wedlock ancestors. It is actually quite common. I came across one relative (Polish) who had 5 children by 5 men and was married to one of them. Sound familiar? Today's culture is no worse than out ancestors. And one nationality was no worse than another. My mother was gossiped about because she was an out-of-wedlock mother with my sister. After doing my research I have found that she had a lot of company. The biggest tongue waggers were in the same boat. > > I have also found this situation with suicide. I think it was as common or more common with our ancestors. > > Mary > > > > > > Two in a row is curious, and I'm wondering if this was just culturally > > acceptable in Slovenia back then. Anyone know? > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > -- > > > [email protected] > http://genealogy2002.tripod.com > http://communities.msn.com/Genealogy2000 > > > _______________________________________________ > Get your free email @ http://www.MailPuppy.com > A Service of: http://www.DreamStarGroup.com > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Powered by Outblaze >