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A friend of ours has a hobby doing genealogy, and we found out that we were cousins in the ninth degree, that we had a common ancestor on the Mayflower.

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Marion Zimmer Bradley
Age: 69 †
Born: 1930
Born: June 3
Died: 1999
Died: September 25
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Miriam Gardner
John Dexter
Lee Chapman
Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley
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