We never settled that debate, nor did I ever learn any solid information about my relatives or my family’s past. These convivial but otherwise circuitous talks are likely why my dad’s brother, Uncle Mike, often stepped up as the family storyteller and entertainer. When I was younger, my uncle was a thrice-married plastic surgeon (he’s now with his fourth wife, my aunt Denise) who had become one of the first and foremost sexual reassignment surgeons in America, specializing in top surgery for female-to-male transgender people. He was also—and still is—a life member of the NRA as well as a
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Yep. Strange how folks settle into their ways. This guy seems awesome.
