My aunt recently sent me an invitation to join a group on Facebook. The group was for a family reunion. The Marquess family reunion. The Marquess family is my maternal grandmother’s family. I have never known anything about her family. I guess I always assumed she had one, but never thought about it. The family … More Discovering More Family History
We just returned from our annual summer trip to visit family in Kentucky. The trip is split between my mother-in-law’s house and my brother’s house. That makes for two very different types of vacation. We always start at my MIL’s house because it is the shortest drive from our house. The Typical Day at My … More It’s Like Two Vacations in One
I have a very large family. Each of my parents had several siblings and most of those siblings had multiple kids. I would not even get close to the right answer if I tried to count how many cousins I have. When I was a kid, I saw some of the family on a relatively … More Funeral Family
There was another 30-day challenge a while back that had this prompt. I went back to look at what I wrote(here it is if you care to read it) and my answer is obviously very similar. I laugh the most when we are with my family in Kentucky. I think it is obvious to everyone … More Bloganuary 7: What Makes You Laugh?
I saw this blog post from Our Favourite Jar on Twitter and decided to give it a try. This was a lot harder than I expected. A – Anxiety I decided I can’t just put positive things on the list and ignore things that are a part of who I am. I struggle with anxiety. … More A To Z Of Me
A week ago I wrote about a DNA match my son got on My Heritage. To recap – My son mentioned he received an email from someone about a DNA match. He said he gets emails regularly from My Heritage about people who share DNA with him. Most of them are distantly related, but some … More Fun With DNA – An Update
I’m sure everyone has been anxiously awaiting my post about what I did while I was away last week. I don’t have photos of cool places to show you. I just have an excruciating day by day recap of what I did. Don’t read before operating heavy machinery. Day One – The first day of … More What I Did on My Summer Vacation
My kids asked for a DNA test thing for Christmas a few years ago. They only cared about the part that says where the family is from so they ignore the emails about matches with other people. This morning my son told me he received an email from someone saying they share a lot of … More Fun With DNA
Please excuse typos. Writing this on a tablet. A friend sent me the above photo recently. It was taken a year or so after I started dating my now wife. We were a mismatched pair. She was an upper middle class suburbanite who still lived with her parents and commuted to school. She was on … More A Mismatched Pair Meeting the Family
Last week I did a girl dad post as I looked ahead to my daughter and youngest moving away. This week is a father and son post. Click here to buy me a cup of coffee
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