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The Tin in the Pipe: Grandpa's Secret Son Hidden for Sixty Years
The Tin in the Pipe: Grandpa's Secret Son Hidden for Sixty Years
A corroded tin shoved into a cast-iron sewer pipe held a sealed photocopy of a 1954 ship manifest and a photograph that named a child no one in the family had ever heard of: Marek. The manifest lists Vera Kowalski and three children arriving in December 1954, yet household memory only counted two - so where did Marek go and why did the family never ask?
In this episode, we follow how a routine sewer inspection and a plastic bag set in motion a search through estate paperwork, a naturalization petition, diocesan intake records…
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