As far as I can tell, my great-grandmother, who emigrated from Prussia near the turn of the century, brought the cruelty of incest from her home country to Grand Rapids, Michigan.
I can only imagine who sexually assaulted great-grandmother. I wonder how far back, how many generations passed on incest and sexual molestation to their own children and grandchildren.
Before I started remembering my grandmother sexually abusing me, I had never heard of grandmother to granddaughter incest. I even naively tried looking it up online but all I found were pornography sites. Really?
In looking up incest statistics, I know that stepfather-stepdaughter incest is most common followed by biological father-daughter incest.
However, the underreported brother-sister incest may be the most common. I'll do some more research on these statistics that are obscure and best guesses.
The chart shows me and the relatives who violated me. That's a good place to start this blog.
