The Children of the Duquet Line

This flow traces the family’s repeated attempts to transmit identity and inheritance across adoption, migration, mixed ancestry, and separation.

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Adopted Sons

Adopted Sons Family by Choice Charles Duquet adopts Jan, Nicolaus, and Bernard, investing them with education and a future in business. Unequal Inheritance His adopted sons establish the commercial dynasty, while his biological descendants remain distant and largely unrecognized.

Beatrix’s Inheritance

Beatrix’s Inheritance A Daughter Left Behind Outger Duquet leaves Beatrix in Maine with an education but little emotional connection or reliable family support. A Home of Her Own She forms a life with Kuntaw Sel, preserving the house and raising children between cultural worlds.

A Son Sent Away

A Son Sent Away Broken Kinship Kuntaw leaves Malaan and Tonny, pursuing a different life and leaving his son without the skills or support he needs. A Difficult Return Tonny brings his children to the Penobscot house, but cannot remain and later dies in a lumber camp.

The Grandson’s Search

The Grandson’s Search Seeking the Family Aaron returns to Nova Scotia, first alienated from Mi’kmaw life but gradually changed by work, danger, and experience. A Welcoming Kin Group He reunites with Kuntaw’s family and begins rebuilding belonging through shared labor and responsibility.

A Hidden Bloodline

A Hidden Bloodline Genealogical Discovery A private investigator identifies living descendants of Charles Duquet through Beatrix and Kuntaw. Inheritance Suppressed Lavinia chooses to conceal the discovery, leaving the company’s blood relatives outside its official story.

Early eighteenth century, during Duquet’s Amsterdam years

Mid-eighteenth century, at the Penobscot house

After Tonny’s birth and Kuntaw’s departure

After Jinot’s years at sea

Late nineteenth century, during Lavinia’s succession search