Complex sentence: For years, Mr. Mackay refused to speak to the Berlins, but during the Depression five years later, Berlin is said to have helped his father-in-law who had suffered financially after the stock market crash.
Split into simpler sentences: For years, Mr. Mackay refused to speak to the Berlins. But during the Depression five years later, Berlin is said to have helped his father-in-law who had suffered financially after the stock market crash.