Well, I shouldn't be too snide: my mother's family followed the same principle of adding a new wing - even if just a couple of rooms - every generation since the original little farmhouse was built ... until my aunt and uncle moved out to the old folks' whoops seniors' residence, and my cousin's kids having long before moved into their own places - nobody farms anymore - my cousin and his wife were left to themselves in a vast, rambling museum that cost a fortune to heat and maintain. So they sold it to a young couple who wanted to do a B&B business ... and that, after getting on to a couple of centuries, was the end of our family having any connection with it ...... So my heart goes out to the Vanderbilts! Sure it does ......
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