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Hack&Lube · 12-05-2008, 12:50 PM

As far as family details go:

My grandfather on my dad's side was adopted so we really don't know anything at all about them. Just one or two generations working in factories and farms in China.

but...

My great-grandfather on my mother's side had 8 wives and multiple concubines. Then the British came and addicted him to Opium and killed him in the Opium Wars in the late 19th century. The family was still doing okay up until the 30s when they owned a luxury hotel. Then the Japanese army came in WWII and occupied Hong Kong and arrested, tortured, killed everyone, and then confiscated all the money and bombed the hotel.

Thanks Brits and Japanese! (oddly enough, my two favorite cultures today, what's wrong with me?). And man, great-grandpa had it great. 8 wives, concubines, and I guess he was a really mellow fellow with all that opium! Where are my concubines?

12-05-2008, 12:50 PM	#35
Hack&Lube Atomic Nerd Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Calgary Exp:	As far as family details go: My grandfather on my dad's side was adopted so we really don't know anything at all about them. Just one or two generations working in factories and farms in China. but... My great-grandfather on my mother's side had 8 wives and multiple concubines. Then the British came and addicted him to Opium and killed him in the Opium Wars in the late 19th century. The family was still doing okay up until the 30s when they owned a luxury hotel. Then the Japanese army came in WWII and occupied Hong Kong and arrested, tortured, killed everyone, and then confiscated all the money and bombed the hotel. Thanks Brits and Japanese! (oddly enough, my two favorite cultures today, what's wrong with me?). And man, great-grandpa had it great. 8 wives, concubines, and I guess he was a really mellow fellow with all that opium! Where are my concubines? Last edited by Hack&Lube; 12-05-2008 at 12:53 PM.