One of the things that always amazes me is the way different traits are passed on from one family member to another. My display picture is a sign of that.
Gramma Ratchet is my Great Great Grandmother. Her daughter, my Great Grandmother, is Gramma Loper. Her daughther, my Grandmother, is Gramma Beebe and her daughter, my mother, is Grammie. The picture just below those 4 black and white pics is of my three sisters and me. Then the children belong to three of us girls.
The thing that amazes me in all of this is to see 6 generations of family and see all the traits we have similar. We all have similar chins and many of us have similar cheekbones and eye shapes.
Until I got this set of pictures together (thanks mom for the grandmothers and you)I had thought that my sister Amy looked more like my dad's side of the family. I also had never realized until now, how much my sisters and I look alike. I see many of our traits in our children.
Erinne's girls look a lot like her. Amy's girls look a lot like her as well. My children have traits in common with me but also look like their father's side of the family. However, my son looks a lot like my cousin.
It would be interesting to be able to add all of Gramma Beebe's grandchildren and great grandchildren to this set of pictures and see how much we all look alike.
We even have similarities in personality I think. While Darren, my son, looks a lot like my cousin, Scott, I think he acts more like my cousin, Trevor, who rarely sits still. Darren also inherited an artistic ability from this family. He does things his own way but the child can draw well.
My daughter, Lisa, loves to do crafts and I believe that came from this family as well. Most of us like to do crafts of one form or another and if we don't do them ourselves, we are able to appreciate the work that the other puts into them.
It makes me wonder what crafts or artistic abilities Gramma Rackett and Gramma Loper had. I know they quilted some. I wonder if it is something they enjoyed doing or if it was done out of necessity.
It pleases me to know that they passed these abilities to my grandmother who passed them to her daughter and to me and my sisters. I am glad that I have passed them to my daughter as well.
Gramma Ratchet is my Great Great Grandmother. Her daughter, my Great Grandmother, is Gramma Loper. Her daughther, my Grandmother, is Gramma Beebe and her daughter, my mother, is Grammie. The picture just below those 4 black and white pics is of my three sisters and me. Then the children belong to three of us girls.
The thing that amazes me in all of this is to see 6 generations of family and see all the traits we have similar. We all have similar chins and many of us have similar cheekbones and eye shapes.
Until I got this set of pictures together (thanks mom for the grandmothers and you)I had thought that my sister Amy looked more like my dad's side of the family. I also had never realized until now, how much my sisters and I look alike. I see many of our traits in our children.
Erinne's girls look a lot like her. Amy's girls look a lot like her as well. My children have traits in common with me but also look like their father's side of the family. However, my son looks a lot like my cousin.
It would be interesting to be able to add all of Gramma Beebe's grandchildren and great grandchildren to this set of pictures and see how much we all look alike.
We even have similarities in personality I think. While Darren, my son, looks a lot like my cousin, Scott, I think he acts more like my cousin, Trevor, who rarely sits still. Darren also inherited an artistic ability from this family. He does things his own way but the child can draw well.
My daughter, Lisa, loves to do crafts and I believe that came from this family as well. Most of us like to do crafts of one form or another and if we don't do them ourselves, we are able to appreciate the work that the other puts into them.
It makes me wonder what crafts or artistic abilities Gramma Rackett and Gramma Loper had. I know they quilted some. I wonder if it is something they enjoyed doing or if it was done out of necessity.
It pleases me to know that they passed these abilities to my grandmother who passed them to her daughter and to me and my sisters. I am glad that I have passed them to my daughter as well.
