Shared Photo: Miss Reamy (Teacher of Helen Keller)

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Years ago, I scanned a bunch of photos of women who were, I believe, patients of my great great great uncle Albert William Warden. I created profiles for them on WikiTree and Vonia Reamy has just been sitting around unconnected until I recently discovered to my surprise that she was in fact the same Miss Reamy who taught German to Helen Keller at the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf in New York City.

Interestingly, this means that if I were to include doctor/patient and teacher/student relationships in the calculations along with the standard familial relationships, I am 7 degrees separated from Helen Keller. What a small world!

WikiTree profile: Vonia Reamy
in Photos by Brian Lamothe G2G6 Mach 5 (50.5k points)
edited by Brian Lamothe
Thank You Brian for sharing this wonderful photo

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Thank you for sharing this photo of Miss Reamy.  It brings life to the WikiTree genealogy and helps to tell such interesting stories about the people in the Tree.
by Robert Clark G2G Astronaut (1.0m points)
selected by Susan Laursen

Thank you Susan. heart

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That is so cool! How neat is that! Thank you for sharing what a great genealogy story!
by Andrew Simpier G2G6 Pilot (817k points)
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It's amazing that Helen Keller also learned German ...
by Beth Schmillen G2G6 Mach 5 (54.7k points)
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Great photo Brian. Glad you shared the story behind it as well.
by Marty Franke G2G Astronaut (1.0m points)

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