Possible Clues:

• Kinsman; narrative
• It could have been mother's statement [2,2,4]
• Recital involving a member of the family
• Member of family's delight after end of war
• In the family? That'd be telling
• To make it telling, keep it in the family
• Person related by blood or marriage
• It's just within the family, so that would be telling
• Is this perhaps told only in the family?
• Maybe father will get respect