2012
....early September....
I have been looking through pictures and postcards,
and found this one to share with you.
My family (Dad's side) helped settle the west.
My great grandfather and his wife are sitting
surrounded by their children
A notable thing about this family picture is the resemblence of that generation to
family members in this generation. The tallest man in the photo a great uncle
looks exactly like my brother Tim mustache and all.
The lady next to him could be my sister Suzy.
People say the lady on the left looks like a younger me with dark hair
Others in the photograph are mirror images of various aunts, uncles and cousins.
Whew
Trust that strong gene pool.
Too bad they didn't smile.
:-)
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Postcards from Paradise
I think your great grandmother and grandfather have a little smile, perhaps they've learned not to take life too seriously by that age!
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What a great family picture. My family (dad's side) also helped settle the west/midwest. They were all in the southwestern corner of Kansas.
ReplyDeleteAren't vintage post cards great! Love yours ~ (A Creative Harbor)
ReplyDeletei love this shadow of the past so vibrant and alive in the living!
ReplyDeleteand what about those amazing traditional rugs??? be still my heart!
love you gemma and always so thrilled when our paths cross.
(i've been painting sunflowers most of the day and have thought of you a hundred times at least!)
xoxoxoxox
Isn't this wonderful...to see such strong family resemblances!
ReplyDeleteI see a hint of a smile in the great grands. Your family looks so strong and sturdy. It's how the west was built.
ReplyDeleteThat's so strange that you would pull out this picture. Yesterday I went on ancestry.com and started filling in my family tree and came across my mother's family tree already up.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful, sturdy lot they are. It is good to see the resemblances in this generation. Do the similarities also apply to personality characteristics?
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