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The Secret Marriage Certificate That Split a Quiet Indiana Family
The Secret Marriage Certificate That Split a Quiet Indiana Family
The discovery of a sealed marriage certificate in a mailbox upended a three-generation family and exposed a 58-year-old secret: Philip E. Nelson Sr. was listed as groom on a June 14, 1961 certificate naming bride Constance Merritt - two years after his public marriage to Dorothy - so who kept this paper all these years and why? What happens when a lifetime of steady routines collides with a document that rewrites everything you thought you knew about your relatives?
In this episode, we follow the timeline of events that…
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