tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post2188121717952200263..comments2023-04-29T04:48:18.973-07:00Comments on Theodosia and the Pirates: Zora Nadrimal's Half BrothersAya Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12339668413030878426noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-58649757572409036462015-07-31T07:38:24.037-07:002015-07-31T07:38:24.037-07:00Everyone can use a support system from their famil...Everyone can use a support system from their family of origin. Those who don't have that and still achieve are doubly to be congratulated.Aya Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339668413030878426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-80113795274146638232015-07-31T06:52:14.737-07:002015-07-31T06:52:14.737-07:00I agree. It is a tough, lonely road full of pitfal...I agree. It is a tough, lonely road full of pitfalls. It is more difficult if the family does not show support or understand his difficulties. Michelle Liewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07467728821417382306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-48909872273963310182015-07-28T05:53:31.691-07:002015-07-28T05:53:31.691-07:00Hi, Julia. Your great grandfather sounds like a ve...Hi, Julia. Your great grandfather sounds like a very determined and able person to have supported himself from an early age and to have bought land and started his own farm. That cannot have been easy. <br /><br />Sometimes parents and children do not get along and sometimes a parent will choose favorites, rather than treating all the children the same. Even being rejected by a parent is a kind of legacy that builds character strength, whereas it sorely tests the child. <br /><br />Both Aaron Burr and Jean Laffite lost their mothers at an early age. In the case of Burr, he also lost both his grandparents and ended up in the custody of an uncle who had just come of age and was not really equipped to deal with a rebellious, high spirited, intelligent young boy. So Aaron Burr suffered a lot at the hands of his Uncle Timothy, even though the uncle was really trying to do the best he could to deal with a problem that was not of his own making. <br /><br />Jean Laffite never spoke ill of his own father, but it was clearly the upbringing that he got from his grandmother that influenced him the most, Two of the Laffite brothers followed in their father's footsteps and became leather tanners. The other three took after their maternal great uncles and became privateers. Even though they grow up in the same family, no two siblings ever experience that environment in the same way, because their individual differences bring out different qualities in the adults who care for them.<br /><br />I find the family influence aspect of both the Burr and the Laffite stories fascinating. Rather than denying that families play a role in a great man's life, I like to explore exactly how that works.Aya Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339668413030878426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-52563282875730706362015-07-27T21:26:53.351-07:002015-07-27T21:26:53.351-07:00Being a self made man is great, but it can also be...Being a self made man is great, but it can also be a lonely road. My great grandfather had to run away from home because apparently his dad hated him, and would verbally criticize him, and not the other kids. He was able to buy land and have his own farm, but apparently he had to start all over with no family support. He always bothered him why his father hated him so much, and he never understood why. So being part of a family can have its perks. Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147781152448695481noreply@blogger.com