These are great stories! I love it. It really goes to show GT traits can be found anywhere.

Both of my in-laws are children of immigrants and had many, many siblings and very difficult upbringings. I suspect my MIL may be GT? DH has 4 siblings and I suspect 1 other may be GT. The other 2 seem to be ND. Although, some of their children seem to be MG. DH had to live at home and work his way through college and grad school to go. Only 1 other sibling went to college.

My mother was raised by a father that said girls aren't worth college tuition. My mom is HG, I am certain. Her mother never made it past elementary school. She is 86 years old and as sharp as a tack!

My father is also some flavor of GT and had to work his way through college. His father was a high school math teacher (very GT guy). His mother seemed maybe MG and was actually one of her husbands students. He'd go to prison these days!