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You're spot on, Dana, in my grandfather's generation (born 1880), if children were a burden, rather than an asset to the family, they were often given away. If a family had a large farm, the more the better, but with a business, or small farm, and more children than they need to operate efficiently, the extras would often be given to someone without enough children to do all the work. Most often it was a relative on the receiving end, or a church member, but not always. Remember in those days, if they couldn't make ends meet, people died.
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