Well, this past Saturday was the family reunion of sorts. Mainly a bunch of 2nd, 3rd and 4th cousins (200 ish) on my maternal great grandmothers side that were pretty far removed. Don, however, made the trip from NC down to KY and I was able to finally meet him face to face.
We probably spent about 7 hours with him, his caregiver and a couple of his first cousins. Looked through a bunch of old pictures, visited some family graves and made some idle chit chat. He teared up when we first met and then again when I said goodbye. As for me, I can honestly say there were no feelings. Perhaps a slight satisfaction in at least having met the man but certainly no sense of family.