one <\/em>dark piece of the family history.<\/p>\nUnlike Josh\u2019s true nature, which Jill learned as one of his victims, late grandfather Jimmy Lee Duggar\u2019s dark side was unknown to her.<\/p>\n
During the Live, Jill remarked on how shocked she felt as she learned about her own paternal grandfather.<\/p>\n
\u201c[The book is] definitely is deep,\u201d Jill emphasized on the Live. <\/p>\n
\u201cLike, it goes into a lot of aspects [of the Duggar family],\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt tells the whole truth and the reality of a lot of situations that our family lived, you know?\u201d Jill added.<\/p>\n
She affirmed: \u201cEveryone is entitled to share their own story, whether we agree with them or not.\u201d<\/p>\n
That seems to be less a veiled hint at her own disagreements with Amy and perhaps more of a reminder that some of her siblings do not see eye to eye with Amy.<\/p>\nOn the \u201cShiny Happy People\u201d documentary, Jill Duggar tried to convey the complex emotions that she still feels towards her horrible parents. Husband Derick Dillard was by her side. (Image Credit: Amazon Prime)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSome family secrets were kept in the dark for too long<\/h2>\n \u201cIt\u2019s definitely a journey that she\u2019s been on,\u201d Jill Duggar said of cousin Amy Duggar.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you can tell that through her book,\u201d she expressed.<\/p>\n
Jill noted that reading the memoir \u201cwas very insightful.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added: \u201cWe learned more about our family history than we knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
Husband Derick Dillard chimed in to reveal: \u201cSome things about her grandfather she didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\nAmy Duggar appeared on Marriage Boot Camp with her husband, Dillon King. (Image Credit: WEtv)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cHe\u2019s like, \u2018Did you know this and that and the other about Grandpa Duggar?\u2019\u201d Jill recalled of chatting with Derick after he read Amy\u2019s memoir.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I\u2019m like, \u2018No! Tell me more!\u2019\u201d she described. \u201cAnd he\u2019s like, \u2018I\u2019m literally telling you more about your grandfather than you knew.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jill reiterated: \u201cWe learned more about our family history than we knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
She did share that they had \u201cinklings\u201d of what sort of person Jimmy Lee Duggar really was.<\/p>\n
But, clearly, Deanna shared more with Amy than Jim Bob shared with his own children. (Also, because she lived with her maternal grandparents for a time, perhaps Amy simply knew them better)<\/p>\nJill Duggar speaks to producers while filming a reality show for TLC. (Image Credit: TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBurying painful truths because they\u2019re inconvenient can make things worse<\/h2>\n Jill Duggar spoke of how her late paternal grandmother could be judgmental, but was in many ways also very supportive.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously she kept a lot of things quiet for a very long time,\u201d she acknowledged. \u201cBecause she didn\u2019t want to deal with it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jill speculated: \u201cSo I think [her reaction to our tell-all books] would have been very similar.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added: \u201cShe would have not have wanted everything to be talked about at that time.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Jill and Amy have both chosen to speak about their family. Keeping silent can at times mean helping the worst people get away with their misdeeds.<\/p>\n
Many of the Duggar girls learned that the hard way.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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