Yesterday, June 16^th, 2023, my Dad would have turned 77 years old.

That's ancient for a McWhorter man in my clan. My daughters do not like me to mention it, but fact is, genetics matter. They matter greatly. And to my knowledge, no McWhorter man in my clan has lived beyond the age of 72 for at least the last four generations, and perhaps well beyond.

Yesterday was sobering for me.

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