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6th in a series of interviews with my father, Leland L. Cross, M.D., recorded on 12/9/2010 in Portland, Oregon. Recorded by Andrew B. Cross.

Mya Schipilliti interviews her Aunt Barbara Orff about her life on a farm and her love of horses.

Mother tells story about how many generations ago in the 1800s, her grandfather would steal horses and sell them. He thought he was the best at this business, so he wanted last name to show that, but in the process...

"And he did have beautiful auburn hair" Recorded in December 2017: Granddaughter Aislinn (25) asks her grandparents, Pat and Owen Wright (both 84), about their decision to adopt five children between the 1960-70s.

The photo featured here is from 1992, our first year together. When Stonewall happened, neither of us knew. We became a couple in Chicago 23 years later. The chorus of CeCe Peniston's "Finally," a tune that was popular during our...

Brenci Patiño and her husband Edmund Potter (50) talk about their ancestry, favorite relatives, and childhood memories.

Donna LaStella (65) and Lexi Frankhouse (18) talk about Donna's life and have a good heartfelt conversation.

Sister Gladia Bell (89), Lue Hicks (78), and Willie B. Kennedy (88) talk about their childhood memories, their wonderful parents and their life growing up in the South

Clay Campbell (31) talks with his grandmother, Charmian Waggaman (89) about her life growing up in DC in the 1940s, meeting the love of her life Thomas Waggaman, raising three kids, and sharing loving words to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

This is my mother's experience having her first child and finding out that they were severely premature.