So, they're making a limited series about my great-aunt, Effa Manley

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17. Wow

Great aunt would be sister of a grandparent, I think. Great aunts and uncles sound like someone far removed in the distant past, but often parents hung out with them, saw them at family occasions, were raised or babysat by them.

Digging deep we often know a lot about them! And their names are searchable on US census data, which can tell us where they lived, who their neighbors were. I discovered a 160 years ago g-g-g grandfather who lived beside a couple of the same occupation. We were confused by a nickname for a child of his ... until it matched the neigbor's wife.