My grandmother Aranka Viola Csucs married my grandfather Andras Balint Major on February 5, 1950. They were married at the Nagygec Reformist church. My grandmother's name changed to Major Andrasne (last name comes first and you take your husbands name with the ending of "ne"). They were married for 46 years, had two daughters Aranka Viola Major (my mother) and Ilona Iren Major. They lived in Nagygec, Hungary until the flood of 1970. Their home survived the flood and almost total destruction of their town, however, the government refused families to return to the city to live. They could collect their belongings and find new homes in larger cities. There is much controversy as the why they were unable to return. The communist government stated that the town was contaminated and would be shut to anyone who wanted to return. This was a hard pill to swallow for my grandmother who to this day holds anger and sadness at being forced to move from her hometown. The government did not like the small town because it was remote and on the Romanian border, this would be a place for rebels or anticommunist groups to form. The government had little to no surveillance over such small towns near the borders so they were suspicious of them. Many Nagygec inhabitants fought hard to return but only a couple of families moved back, making it essentially a ghost town.
