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June 29, 2005

Apples and Trees

Off and on over the last few years, I've been researching my family history.

Most of the research I've done is on my mother's side (My father's family history is already pretty well documented).

Yesterday in a futile effort waiting for the sun to make an appearance, I went tiptoeing through my hard drive looking over some of the old family photos that I've scanned during my research.

These are my great grandparents, Francis and Grace. This photo is circa 1932. Grandma Grace is the woman I wrote about last Thanksgiving.

These two girls are Francis and Grace's children. On the left is my Grandmother Mary, my mother's mother. And on the right is my Great Aunt Claire (circa 1932). Mary was a beautiful child and a very beautiful woman. She had a tough life though, much of it by her own choosing. I wasn't close to her at all. But looking at that photo today reminded me of this one:

That's me at age 2, almost 3. I always was a bit of a show off. And I noticed that my apple doesn't fall far from Grandma Mary's tree. Notice the family resemblance?

And who the heck was cutting my bangs???

Posted by Carla at June 29, 2005 08:22 AM