I’m 99% sure the Genains were the Morloks. The details all fit and I found a 55-year follow-up. The Genains’s pseudonyms were Nora, Iris, Myra, and Hester (from “NIMH”) and the follow-up used these, except for one sentence where the author called Hester “Helen” and didn’t catch it. The most “frail” Morlok? Helen Morlok. I feel confident in suggesting that if you want to learn about the Genains you should also read whatever you find on the Morloks. The Genains’s biography by David Rosenthal is also worth reading if you can get a copy. It’s a fascinating, though terribly sad, story.
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Date: 2021-04-13 05:38 pm (UTC)Here’s a summary of the Genain Quadruplets:
https://www.madinamerica.com/2019/10/genain-sisters-hereditary-madness/
I’m 99% sure the Genains were the Morloks. The details all fit and I found a 55-year follow-up. The Genains’s pseudonyms were Nora, Iris, Myra, and Hester (from “NIMH”) and the follow-up used these, except for one sentence where the author called Hester “Helen” and didn’t catch it. The most “frail” Morlok? Helen Morlok. I feel confident in suggesting that if you want to learn about the Genains you should also read whatever you find on the Morloks. The Genains’s biography by David Rosenthal is also worth reading if you can get a copy. It’s a fascinating, though terribly sad, story.
—Lady Cutekitten