It appears to me that she was raised by her father who lives in another state, but she may have established a relationship with her mother's family, including LV, in Texas when she became an adult - either when she entered basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio or when she graduated from it in 2008. In the press report about her graduation from basic training there, only her father and paternal grandmother are listed as family.
I'm not sure whether I can post that press report because I'm not precisely sure what MBP's status is as far as person of interest, suspect, witness, etc.
I'm curious which "family member" is screening responses to her post. That seems odd - to put a post out there and then to have someone else screen responses to it, as though you expect some negative responses that will be too painful to read, but are fishing for some particular responses as well. My guess - she and the family member(s) screening responses for her were hoping for responses from any of the children or from someone who may act as an intermediary to the children, such as a close friend of one of the children. If she was NOT hoping for a response from one of the children or their intermediary and she expected a negative response from others, why post it? The post seems provocative.
Quite frankly, in the context of everything else going on here, putting that provocative post out there and then having someone other than MBP cull the responses sounds like cult behavior - with MBP used as the lure to draw someone else in. If MBP is knowingly participating in that, that doesn't sound like someone who is coming out from under the spell of what has her spellbound.
MOO.
