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. Na February 2011 nke ihe ngosi ya Gene, ọ gwara ụlọ ọrụ ya 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 ọkà mmụta sayensị.
Laura Gillen