I have a few, mostly grand mother’s (mom’s side) second cousins and their families. and the only person who keeps in touch with them is my grandmother. My dad has a few cousins there, and the only ones he met after moving from India are the ones that moved here to the US. From time to time we hear a little bit of news as to what is going on in their lives over there, but that’s about it.
We did have an aunt and her daughter visit us in Pakistan once from India, and my grandmother took a trip back there in the 70’s. I doubt anyone will care to keep connections alive after my grandmother’s generation has passed away.
Re: How many of you have relatives in India? Do you keep in touch with them?
my parents fled from india in the late 40’s along with some other family. in india, i have a whole extension of my family, living in lucknow and thereabouts. i was denied a visa to india 10 years ago, when i was 7-8…so i havent ever been there. but my ammi abbu call once or twice a month…and send em letters by mail, and yeah. the end. :halo:
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No Indian connection, my mothers family is living in Pakistani Punjab for the past 700 hears (someone in the family is keeping the family tree). My paternal grandfarther migrated from Jalendhar area couple of years before partition, rest of his family came during partition (one of his brother was lost during the chaos).
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My grandfather(dad) was the only son in the family, however his step brothers stayed back in India. He migrated in late 40's ....humm my dad's side had their ties cut off when my dad's eldest brother died. He was the only one who kept up some communication via letters etc
My grandmother's real sister refused to mirgate during partition and her whole family stayed back as well. Same way most ties cut off when my taya died almost 20 years ago.
I think this might be the case with lot of people here that during partition, half of the family members refused to migrate due to land, money and many other things. Even the husband and wives got divorced becuz husband wanted to migrate and wife didn't and vise versa. Most families got split and hense became Pakistanis or Indian.
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We have a few people married into the family whose great-grandparents migrated from India during partition but a lot of them have lost contact now, let bygones be bygones, we're all Pakistani now, new families, new relations and just be content with that.
I don't see the point in maintaining such distant relationships anyway, I have a hard time relating to my parents' cousins let alone my grandparents' or greatgrandparents' cousins.