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When family origin stories don't match the facts

My dad always bragged about being a self-made man but I just learned his parents paid for his first business and house.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Discovering the gap between family mythology and material reality challenges both admiration and identity.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Family identity and inherited stories?”

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