When your cousin is the Supreme Court nominee

By IdaRose Sylvester

Published March 24, 2016 4:03am ET

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When your cousin is the Supreme Court nominee — In accepting his Supreme Court nomination at a press conference in the Rose Garden, Merrick Garland told the story of his grandparents escaping persecution. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland is my cousin.

After my mother’s death, an entire world closed up to me. The story is as complicated and sad as you might imagine. But, I moved on, and my new world gives a story equally as complicated, and for as much as the old one is sad, the new story is equally joyful.

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