My great grandfather, Henry Baun, married Sarah Adaline Thompson in 1864; Sarah was from Aghalee Antrim Ireland, a village in Northern Ireland. One summer we traveled to Ireland arriving as the cold winds ushered in dusk. I stood on the cliffs of Blacksod Bay and watched the waves lick the rocky shoreline and slowly a warmth wrapped around my soul. It was like I’d come home. Sarah had died in Punxsutawney, PA in 1931, but the deep connection I felt with the cold wind, endless fields of green and gray mist, I had no doubt I’d brought Sarah home. Last night, as I rode my scooter past the Saint Patrick’s Day celebrations in our little village, I could feel Sarah smile, today be more open to your ancestry DNA.
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