SECOND GENERATION


7. Cynthia Palmer BANDY (photo) was born on 24 Dec 1945 in Bethesda, MD.
[Pete - brother]
In their early years I considered Helen, Cindy and Carol to be a burden or hardship in my life. First they took from me the position of being the "baby" of the family. I was old enough to learn how to change their diapers, I had to be their baby-sitter, and was expected to even consider their safety and welfare. My brother Bill was not the best role model for me in this context, and would in fact find a way to pass his responsibilities in this regard off to his little brother. Is it any wonder then that when the song Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered became popular I identified my situation by identifying each of the three title words to one of my sisters?
It has been so many years that I am now confused which of the Twins was Bewiched and which one was Bewildered, but I think Cindy has bewildered me the most. I always felt a special closeness to Cindy, like we dipped down into the same area in the gene pool. But for the differences in age and sex, I thought we were peas in a pod. Maybe it was that we grew up in different times (I was before the Hippies) with different values and maybe different beliefs, but I was deeply bothered by the breakup of her marriage to Tom. I didn't understand it but then, I didn't have to.

She was married to Thomas O'BRIEN about 1970 in Madison, WI. Cynthia Palmer BANDY and Thomas O'BRIEN had the following children:

child21 i. Daniel O'BRIEN (photo) was born on 2 May 1970.
child22 ii. Sarah O'BRIEN (photo) was born on 31 Oct 1971.
child23 iii. Willy O'BRIEN was born on 5 Mar 1974. He died on 11 May 1996 in Colorodo. He died in a hang gliding accident.

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