N'afọ 1973, nne na nna ya gbara akwụkwọ maka nkewa ma gbaa alụkwaghịm n'afọ sochirinụ. N'oge na-adịghị anya, nne Ellen lụrụ Royess Gruendorf, onye na-ere ahịa. Betty Jane na Ellen Gruendorf si na mpaghara New Orleans gaa Atlanta, Texas. Vance biri na nna ya. N'otu ihe omume nke February 2011 nke ihe ngosi Gene ya, ọ gwara ụlọ ọrụ ya banyere akwụkwọ ozi sitere na New England Historical Society na-akwado na ọ bụ onye ọrụ 15th na Cambridge, Catherine Duchess nke Cambridge, Thomas Thomas (c.1925<unk>2018), onye ọrụ mkpuchi. O nwere otu nwanne nwoke, Vance, onye na-egwu egwu na onye na-emepụta ihe. Ọ bụ nke French, Bekee, German, na Irish. A zụlitere ya dị ka Onye Kraịst Scientist.
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