Mary Catherine Bateson ended up becoming a famous anthropologist like her mother. She is still alive. But who knew that she knew Hebrew?
Also notice that during Jordan's occupation of Bethlehem, never more than a couple of thousand Christians would make the pilgrimage for Christmas. The NYT made those numbers sound huge. But in recent years, far more Christians could visit and the NYT would make it sound like there were severe limitations in how many could come - because of Israel.