Historian twins’ Mayflower connection is formalized at close of milestone year
Family historians Ann Reed of Orange and twin brother Arnold Fallon at a family celebration in 2019. The brother and sister have recently joined the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Contributed photo
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ORANGE Even as children, the Fallon twins were drawn to family history, and its inextricable relationship to American history, while seated at the feet of “Baba” a poetic polyglot with lively eyes and a lush Slavic accent, according to a press release by Orange writer Ann Reed. Their maternal grandmother’s storytelling repertoire included personal accounts of an American dream abundantly realized alongside their “Gido,” who, too, had immigrated here in the early 20th Century.