Interview with Friederike Otto

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#1 Submitted by ... on August 14, 2025 - 7:58am

My interest is family-related. I was looking for clues as to her ancestry. My great great grandfather was a Friedrich Otto who lived in India and had 14 children, so many possibilities flow from that.

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