Let's take it from the top now...
Oral History is a fickle thing, everyone has their own opinion on it. My great-great aunt was sent to live in Italy because her parents couldn't support her, my grandmother doesn't say much of this, but my mother deems it as bad. In fact, the great-great aunt is the only one out of 8 children to not have a family, or even a child that was at least conceived. (Not birthed.) And this may not be the exact rendition. My great-grandmother, her very sister, could have said something totally different. As my great-great grandmother or great-great grandfather. See a pattern here?
Everyone has their own idea how something happened, to say Oral History is a reliable source is to say that my family is related from Mussolini. There's no backing, and how many of you people would think that I was if I did say it? Right. I can say that my other great-grandfather served Pancho-Villa, as I have proof.
So, I wonder if an centuries old oral history is reliable in an argument anywhere. Hm...
Another thing is that Grayfox is correct. Well, about you not having a source. Do you know who my uncle is? If I told you he was a Senator would you believe me? If I told you that he's an expert historian with a p.H.D in Japanese History, would you believe me? Well, if I did, you really shouldn't on the counts of:
- You don't know who my uncle is.
- My uncle isn't any of the above. He's a doctor, and I literally have proof on the Internet.