So the only thing I can do is just raise awareness, and tell people who ask me if there is any relation (when they see/hear my last name) to not support them!
So the only thing I can do is just raise awareness, and tell people who ask me if there is any relation (when they see/hear my last name) to not support them!
That's a weird thing to do. I can see wanting to steal an established brand because people are attracted to legacy, especially in the case of something like brewing.
But leaving a tribute at his grave is, honestly, just bizarre behavior. Are the obsessed or something? Do they think they have some connection to your family?
One of your family should try to work for them, maybe the company will treat them like the second coming. Or human sacrifice. But hey, worth a shot, right?
That came across as a genuine gesture ... I wonder if there is more to this story.
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2011/05/15/baseball...
How did this man have such a similar story? My father lived and worked in the general area of the conman, did their paths cross at a bar? Both my aunt and father were and are substance abusing screw-ups for most of their lives so it could truly go either way!
Unfortunately, I cut ties with my father before leaving for college and so will likely never know. I accidentally found this newspaper article a few years ago while Googling around, wondering if the stolen original ever turned up for auction or something and your comment about searching for merchandise reminded me. I’ve thought about writing to the imposter and or the article’s author but I feel that would sound like a scam unto itself.
I'm guessing you wouldn't know all of them, and in the olden days people had more kids so it could easily be a lot higher than that. Isn't it possible that the people running the brewery are also great great grandchildren of your great great grandfather?
It's situations like these that would test how truly civil I am. I'm not sure I'd be able to keep myself from retaliating in other ways.