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BERN/HESSER Family Tree

Unknown Bern (deceased)

m. Wilma
    c. Mortimer Bern (deceased) (twin; died 1996)
    c. Carlo Hesser (twin)
    Carlo was adopted by the Hesser family as a child.
        m. Unknown (deceased)
            c. Johnny Dee Hesser (deceased) (died 1990)
            c. Charlotte Hesser

        a. Unnamed woman
            c. Talia Hesser

        m. Alex Olanov (married 1992; divorced 1996; see Olanov)

KEY

m. Married
c. Child
a. Affair
r. Rape

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