"So Charlotte was wrong about one of our ancestors coming out about the time of the First Fleet," I said impatiently.
"Wait. There's more," Florence huffed back.
"When my brother sent me the photocopy of the marriage certificate from 1856 he told me in passing that my cousins, Charlotte's two sons, also had pieces of information about the family tree.
"So I phoned them. To my surprise each had been given secret messages by Charlotte. Each message was different. And both were different from mine. They didn't know I had been given a third message. I couldn't believe it.
"Three messages?" I blurted out in disbelief.
"Yes. In the past I had only asked members of my own family about secret messages, never thinking to ask Charlotte's sons. All of a sudden, 60 years later and long after Charlotte has gone, I have not one message, but three.
"And what is so incredible is that, although my cousins and I knew nothing of each others messages, and although each is different, all three have common links with each other just to show they are all related one to the other."
With this disclosure, Florence's cheeks were flushed and her eyes were watering again.
"So what were the other two messages then?"
