I did hear from my brother's wife and there will not be a funeral or an obituary. So I guess in my mind what I have already written about John collects my thoughts on my next youngest brother. Hard to believe that he has passed but his health has been poor for a while. I did try to call at Christmas but I apparently had the wrong number and I just kept trying but no ever answered. My life has been revolving around the Siderfin books these past couple of years.
One discovery that I shared with my family just today (that was my project yesterday) in case they ever wanted to utilize the ability was the graves that we own as a family unit at the Cemetery where our families are buried. There are two grandparent graves one for Blake one for Pincombe and they are large graves and allow for two full burials and then six urns (I did try to share this verbally but she said she couldn't understand me on the phone). Since I am 7 hours away I can not see an alternative. My parents were buried in urns so there are still 10 burial places for urns. I know that it is popular to have a green burial where the land has been prepared. Our connection was apparently poor - I could just hear her and my hearing is very good but she said she couldn't understand me. But perhaps they have prepared something that suits them. I do not like to interfere in what a couple has managed for themselves so will just forget the thought.
Moving forward and working on the matches. It is time consuming but once organized I can flip them about in whatever way suits me. I have a large flat file that lets me do that chromosome by chromosome.
I will think about John as I work away on the matches and DNA results (and really the rest of my life) and he will appear in my blog just as Doug does. I will miss them both but they are with my parents and all the grandparents. It was nice of his wife to return my call; I didn't expect it. My phone is usually shut off but it was beside me so I heard it vibrate.