family once removed - aka, clearing out the photo file.

Mrs DT's BIL was professional ballet dancer. This photo was taken in Turkey some years ago.
I understand he was quite good in his day.
That's about all I have to say about him; I don't speak Turkish, he doesn't speak English.
We get along over a cold beer (Turkish beer: best left in the unopened can)

His daughter (my niece?) on the other hand speaks English quite well; had her over here one year while she was the equivalent of a high-school student and taught her the woodchuck song. She flew back to Turkey out of Dulles to begin the school year where she promptly got in trouble when her teacher insisted NYC was the US capital.

She grew up to be a fantastically beautiful woman ...

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