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The craze of genealogy is connected with the epidemic for divorce. If we can't figure out who our living relatives are, then maybe we'll have more luck with the dead ones.

Elizabeth Jane Howard

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Elizabeth Jane Howard
Age: 90 †
Born: 1923
Born: March 26
Died: 2014
Died: January 2
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