What was Dad like before we were born?
Some stories only your aunt will tell you
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Some stories only your aunt will tell you. GetToKnow gets the whole family answering — one question a day.
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Aunt Carol
Well, since your father won't tell you…
Maya, 22
NO WAY. Tell me everything.
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What's a story Grandma never tells at dinner?
Uncle Ray
Summer of '84. Don't ask.
Grandma: 'RAYMOND.'
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What's the funniest thing that ever happened at a family holiday?
Aunt Diane
The year the turkey ended up in the driveway.
Cousin Theo
That was the ham, and it was ME who dropped it. Get it right.
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