{"id":24235,"date":"2026-05-07T16:32:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/us\/?p=24235"},"modified":"2026-05-07T17:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:04:22","slug":"the-family-tree-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/us\/the-family-tree-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"The Family Tree Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"29\" data-end=\"156\">One evening at dinner, little Brady looked up from his mashed potatoes and asked,<br data-start=\"110\" data-end=\"113\" \/>\u201cDad\u2026 where did people actually come from?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"366\">His father cleared his throat, leaned back proudly, and said,<br data-start=\"219\" data-end=\"222\" \/>\u201cWell son, first there was Adam and Eve. 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You lied to me!\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"820\" data-end=\"885\">His father looked up from the TV.<br data-start=\"853\" data-end=\"856\" \/>\u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"887\" data-end=\"973\">Brady said,<br data-start=\"898\" data-end=\"901\" \/>\u201cYou said we came from Adam and Eve\u2026 but Mom says we came from monkeys!\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"975\" data-end=\"1027\">The father took a slow sip of his drink and smirked.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1029\" data-end=\"1087\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong>\u201cRelax, son\u2026 I was talking about <em data-start=\"1062\" data-end=\"1066\">my<\/em> side of the family.\u201d<span class=\"emoji x1rg5ohu x16dsc37 x19la9d6 x1fc57z9 x6ikm8r x10wlt62 x19co3pv x11tp94h xw4jnvo x1qx5ct2 xfibh0p xiy17q3 x1xsqp64 x1lkfr7t xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl\"><span class=\"xrtxmta x1bhl96m\">\ud83d\ude02<\/span><\/span><span class=\"emoji x1rg5ohu x16dsc37 x19la9d6 x1fc57z9 x6ikm8r x10wlt62 x19co3pv x11tp94h xw4jnvo x1qx5ct2 xfibh0p xiy17q3 x1xsqp64 x1lkfr7t xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl\"><span class=\"xrtxmta x1bhl96m\">\ud83e\udd23<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One evening at dinner, little Brady looked up from his mashed potatoes and asked,\u201cDad\u2026 where did people actually come from?\u201d His father cleared his throat, leaned back proudly, and said,\u201cWell son, first there was Adam and Eve. 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