Interlocutor is a great word. But who are we talking about here? Charles Foran, Donna Bailey Nurse, Mark Medley or others. Boyden himself said  his father "was the British Empire's most highly decorated medical officer in that war." It's in that Globe Q&A article. But the claim is inaccurate. You only have to google it. And remember the Quill & Quire article also includes the line: "There is Métis in Boyden’s ancestry, and his father’s Irish-Catholic family history also has some Micmac in the mix." Boyden has since retracted both Metis and Mikmaq ancestry. I guess that's the fault of the interlocutor as well, is it? To me it's just Boyden creating his own reality. He said "I am my stories." But the truth is he's just a White Irish Canadian from Willowdale who went to Brebeuf College where he was taught by the Jesuits.