LOL -- I missed your very last question about how much should be told. I only saw the "what would you want to know" on the bad stuff and medical questions.

I'd share medical. That may only help, but again, beyond grandparents, it wouldn't really matter to most. The closer the person is to you on the tree, the more impact you have to worry about (i.e., Breast Cancer on maternal side). I don't think I would bother with beyond first cousin as anything further probably wouldn't affect the person...

I'd probably skip sharing bad news like petty crimes, etc., if they even surfaced. If it was a beloved uncle, etc., someone living or recently passed, I'd really weigh what purpose knowing about any bad history would serve, if something significant showed up. I probably wouldn't share unless it was monumental and then with immediate family I was close with, depending on how I thought they'd take it and what it dealt with.
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Tammy and Pookey
(Stanley 8/91 - 8/07)

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