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Scenario

When family historians discover their research tells contradictory stories

My uncle and I are the family historians but we've discovered that the stories we've been collecting about our immigrant great-grandmother directly contradict each other, and we're supposed to present something coherent at the family reunion next month. The differences aren't just details - they're about whether she was fleeing something terrible or seeking something better, and both versions have evidence.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people tasked with preserving family memory must reconcile fundamentally different interpretations of the same person's motivations and experiences.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with What history remembers and what it forgets?”

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