Two Families

Be cause of my mother being the 11th child of my grandfather, Miguel Lopez, she was the link joining the two families. The older kids had been full grown and out of the house when my grandfather was widowed, so they were not as closely acquainted with the children born to the second wife as the younger children were, such as my mother and my Aunt Josefa, who was the 12th child.
As I was growing up, I noticed that the older members of the family visited my mother often, as did the members of the second family. My mother and my aunt were the link tying the two families together for many years.