--- mary whalen <marewhalen at yahoo.com> wrote: > > --- Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman at yahoo.com> wrote: ... > > Oh, gosh. I'll make a start. > > > > Vlad's father's surname ("patronymic") was also > > Taltos, as is that > > of his paternal grandfather, who Vlad calls > > "Noish-pa". Vlad's > > mother is described as a witch and died when he was > > very young; > > It's possible she's not dead and just left (though > possibly not for the reason Vlad thinks). Vlad's > father told several different stories about it. ... Thanks for this and other corrections! Jerry Friedman __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com