Part of my family.
Auntie Anita Clark (pointing at my cousin), Kelley Warren. My mom, Carole Doughty (Nauck at the time of this picture), holding me, Mary Arber. My brother, David Doughty is in the front. Love the hippy vibes. Lol
Mary Charlotte (Nauck) Arber of Kansas City, Missouri United States was born on September 3, 1971 at Kaiser Steel Hospital in Fontana, San Bernardino County, CA to Reinhard Paul Nauck and Carole Ann (Abreu). She married Richard Russell Yow III in 1993 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri and they later divorced in 1996. They had children Christian Blake Yow and Rachel Marion (Yow). She also married Roger Alan Gibson in 1998 in Hollister, Taney County and they later divorced in 2003 in Ozark, Christian County. They had children Andrew Jonathan Gibson and Benjamin Aaron Gibson.
Carole Ann (Abreu) Doughty of Branson, Missouri United States was born on March 12, 1943 in MA to Anthony Abreu and Mary Elizabeth (Geaghan) Abreu. She married Peter Phillip Doughty, and they had children Diane Michelle (Doughty) Howell, David Michael Doughty, and Peter Phillip Doughty Jr. She would also marry Reinhard Paul Nauck and they later divorced. They had a child Mary Charlotte (Nauck) Arber. Carole Doughty died at age 68 years old in September 2011.
Family reunions are the time to reunite with family members you haven't seen in a long while, and to meet distant cousins you might have never known existed.
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