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Christy K's avatar

My Grandfather is Robert Erwin Abroe. My mother is Vicki Abroe. My grandfather died when I was 13. He has a brain aneurysm. His wife died days later of cardiac arrest. Her name was Roseanne Abroe.

My grandfather was my best friend.

I was not close to my grandmother. She had an affair that deeply impacted my family and her ability for us to be close.

They (Robert and Roseanne) also had a son (my uncle) Ron Abroe.

I’ve tried hard to follow my mother’s paternal line but always get lost with Julius and his father

I was born 1976 and I’m an only child.

I’ve never heard of the connection the bourbon kings. Fascinating

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Kathy Fauth's avatar

The connection to the bourbon kings has not been proven. It's another path that needs further investigation!

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Christy K's avatar

Interesting for sure. Unfortunately- it would likely be from an illegitimate pregnancy and birth. King Louis XVI had many children he never recognized

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Kathy Fauth's avatar

Christy, to confirm... your mother was Vicki Abroe. Who was your father?

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Christy K's avatar

That is where it gets icky and sad.

His name was Merlin Hewitt. I’ve never met him. He had an affair with Roseanna Abroe.

He left my mother. She left Robert. They eloped together and married. They divorced sometime later and Roseanne came back to Robert Abroe. They remarried. It was a dark secret. I learned of it only upon their death. I was 13 years of age then. It impacted me greatly.

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Cody Alan Cunningham's avatar

Good afternoon Kathy.

My name is Cody Alan Cunningham. I found out later in my life that my biological father is Robert Edmund Abroe. I took a DNA test just a few years ago that proved this. His father was Edmund Francis Abroe and his father was Stephen Francis Abroe.

I have been trying to see how far back I can go. It gets pretty deep as we are all direct Paternal Lineage to the Bourbon Kings of France. We are direct Paternal Links to King Louis XVI.

Stephen Father is Julius Oliver Abroe born in Panama in 1868 and his Father is Francis Abroe born in 1843 in the East Indies. I would love to find out who Francis Abroe’s father is as we are likely a person or two away from finding the family link to the Bourbon Kings of France.

You seem very well informed. I would be honored to chat more. I sent you a message on Facebook, however it would not go through due to your settings. If you could reach out to me, I would love to swap info and see if we can connect these last few dots.

Thank you!!

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Kathy Fauth's avatar

Hi Cody, let's connect with email.

Kathyfauth2@gmail.com

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Christy K's avatar

Thank you for the detail you’ve done in Abroe family lineage. It’s helped me greatly.

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Christy K's avatar

Robert Erwin Abroe

Father info:

When Erwin Hamlin Abroe was born on 4 June 1894, in Hull, Sioux, Iowa, United States, his father, Julius Oliver Abroe, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Catherine Green, was 25. He married Myrtle Irene Senescall on 10 February 1925, in Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Mounds View Township, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States in 1940 and Nichols Township, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1919. In 1920, at the age of 26, his occupation is listed as fireman for oil co.. He died on 10 May 1950, in Virginia, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Crosby Beach, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States.

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