the BLOG
REFLECTIONS
My name is Frances Stanfield and I live in the Atlanta Metropolitan area. In a nutshell I am a graduate of Shorter University, currently employed with Emory University, married for over three decades and have one fantastic daughter.
![Meeting My Biological Father: Joined by the Blood](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea44ab5ba2df42abcc1380e/1616274491619-Z9S8VRX49HHQIKGPF68Q/unsplash-image-gtl5hdjj0hI.jpg)
![Meet Your Biological Grandfather: Family Secret](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea44ab5ba2df42abcc1380e/1616276888478-TQZIYFCGPPDZLYXZKDF2/Frances_0126a-e1387592668797.jpg)
Meet Your Biological Grandfather: Family Secret
As I continued to cope with the new knowledge of my biological father. I moved on to the first of six important conversations I needed to have beginning with my daughter.
![Family Secrets: Joined by the Blood](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea44ab5ba2df42abcc1380e/1616278409206-WP9UJCPL0LMJZII1EO30/Cousins.jpg)
Family Secrets: Joined by the Blood
"It is enlightenment to find that my aunt (by marriage) is also my first cousin (by blood) and that my first cousin (her daughter) is my first and second cousin both by blood.