Old Family Picture

Sassycakes

Sassycakes

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My Mom came from a very large family. She had 5 sisters and 5 brothers. In total I had close to 60 or so cousins. I was looking at an old picture today of my grandmothers last birthday before she passed away. I was about four years old in the picture. When one of my cousins sent it to me she put a number 1 on me a number 2 on my sister and a number 3 on my brother. It made me so sad to see how many of my cousins in the picture have passed away. Coming from a large family is wonderful at the beginning but it turns into heartbreaking later .Out of all my Aunts and Uncles only one remains.
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I agree with Kaila, that is indeed one very special photo, and one to always ensure stays in the family...

I understand how you feel at the loss of almost all of them, and remember them when they were vibrant and alive.

I'm from an even larger family. my mother one of 9 my father one of 16... , and I'm one of 7 siblings.. . My sister and I sat a few years ago and tried to count all our grandparents aunts , uncles, cousins and second cousins, and got to 400 .. .....I wish we'd got a big family photo like that of them all, it would be lovely to look back at.
 

I LOVE old photos, thanks for showing us.

I have a photo of my mother's family and one of my father's family, but his older brother and his father were missing (they were here in the US). I've never seen what they looked like. Out of my four grandparents, I only met my father's mother, the other three had already died, my namesake grandma had died only one year before I was born.
 
Sassycakes said:
My Mom came from a very large family. She had 5 sisters and 5 brothers. In total I had close to 60 or so cousins. I was looking at an old picture today of my grandmothers last birthday before she passed away. I was about four years old in the picture. When one of my cousins sent it to me she put a number 1 on me a number 2 on my sister and a number 3 on my brother. It made me so sad to see how many of my cousins in the picture have passed away. Coming from a large family is wonderful at the beginning but it turns into heartbreaking later .Out of all my Aunts and Uncles only one remains.
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I love this photo, Sassy....You are so cute, and probably still so cute....(You have a lot of family that look like my family)
 
Here is a photo taken in 1933 --my father extreme right with sister and two brothers,mother and g/mother --taken in 1933 the picture was still on the wall in 1976 the day my aunt moved house
I now have it over my desk-top with other photos from way back.
 

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Fyrefox said:
I can remember my first day of kindergarten, which my parents had wisely prepped me well for so there was only excitement and no tears. I came prepared with a nifty filled pencil box which the teacher promptly put on the shelf, expecting me instead to use the fat crayons and thick pencils that they provided. And naps...why was I expected to take a nap lying on a rug on the floor every day?! I wasn't even remotely tired, but possibly it was decompression time for the teacher...
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hollydolly said:
I agree with Kaila, that is indeed one very special photo, and one to always ensure stays in the family...

I understand how you feel at the loss of almost all of them, and remember them when they were vibrant and alive.

I'm from an even larger family. my mother one of 9 my father one of 16... , and I'm one of 7 siblings.. . My sister and I sat a few years ago and tried to count all our grandparents aunts , uncles, cousins and second cousins, and got to 400 .. .....I wish we'd got a big family photo like that of them all, it would be lovely to look back at.
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The only thing I wanted when my parents passed away were some of the pictures. They mean so much to me. My Mom came from a family of 11 and my Dad a family of 8. Growing up all my Mom's sisters lived within walking distance from our house. It was wonderful having soo many cousins living right near us. I never felt alone I have 2 other similar pictures taken that same day. One is of my Mom and all her brothers and sisters and the other one is with all their spouses. One of my favorite pictures is my Parents my older brother and older sister and me. Of course I was hugging my Dad.

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@Sassycakes = Was your brother a lot older than you? I knew a couple whose firstborn, a son, was 13 years old when the baby girl was born. He even paid for his little sister's college tuition (he never married). That's a very lovely pic of your immediate family. I also love photos and was the main photographer in my family. When my parents died, my sister gave me almost all of the pics, she's not sentimental like that.
 
@PVC=my brother was 13yrs older than me and my sister is 2 years older than me. My Mom Dad and Brother have all passed away.We shared all the family pictures with the grandchildren and they made copies of some of them for my brother,sister and me.
 
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@Sassycakes = Was your brother a lot older than you? I knew a couple whose firstborn, a son, was 13 years old when the baby girl was born. He even paid for his little sister's college tuition (he never married). That's a very lovely pic of your immediate family. I also love photos and was the main photographer in my family. When my parents died, my sister gave me almost all of the pics, she's not sentimental like that.
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My Brother was 13 years older than me and my sister is 2 years older than me. My Mom ,Dad and brother are gone now. When my parents passed away we shared all the pictures with the grandchildren and they then made some copies for me,my sister and brother.
 
Now I am obsessed with looking at old pictures. I found 2 more that where taken the same day as the first one. My Dad and all the other spouses are in the 1st picture,my Mom and all her brothers and sisters are in the second. Only one sister is still with us. All the rests have passed away
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Floridatennisplayer said:
I love these! How old was your brother when he
passed? So sorry. Pics like these are so bittersweet.
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My Brother was 81 yrs old when he passed away.My Dad was 79yrs old when he passed away.,and my Mom was 91yrs old when she passed away. It's funny but 2 of my Mom's sisters lived until they were 100yrs old. Now only one of my Mom's sisters is alive and none of the brothers are still here.
 
Every once in awhile my Sister will send me some pictures.Today she sent me a picture and asked me if I knew who the younger girl in the picture was. At first I thought she was joking but she wasn't. I told her it was me and she said "Oh I didn't recognize you." She is 2 yrs older then me,and we had no other sisters.
Now she has me worried,but at least she hasn't lost her mind completely since she still knows how to use the computer.
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All the family photos, a few hundred or more, were dumped on me as none of my siblings wanted them. I have many taken in the very early days of photography. There is a photo of my great, great grandmother taken in the 1880s, I think. I am glad I never met her, she looked really scary!
 
hollydolly said:
I agree with Kaila, that is indeed one very special photo, and one to always ensure stays in the family...

I understand how you feel at the loss of almost all of them, and remember them when they were vibrant and alive.

I'm from an even larger family. my mother one of 9 my father one of 16... , and I'm one of 7 siblings.. . My sister and I sat a few years ago and tried to count all our grandparents aunts , uncles, cousins and second cousins, and got to 400 .. .....I wish we'd got a big family photo like that of them all, it would be lovely to look back at.
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another coincidence. Mom was from a family of 16 and Dad from a family of 9. How interesting.
 
I got excited today when my son sent me pictures of my grandsons. One of them is when they were little and the other is of them now. The oldest boy graduated College last June and the younger one will graduate this year. They both got full scholarships
To college. The older boy teases me that since I helped him with homework every day when he was young that's why he did so good in college. They sure know how to get me. It's funny the younger boy is soo much taller then his older brother. Seeing these pictures made my day.
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@Sassycakes - You have reason to be proud of your grandsons! Good looks and brains. As to their height, I have always noticed that sons are usually taller than their father and younger siblings are taller than their older brothers. I have seen it too many times for it to be a coincidence.
 
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@Sassycakes - You have reason to be proud of your grandsons! Good looks and brains. As to their height, I have always noticed that sons are usually taller than their father and younger siblings are taller than their older brothers. I have seen it too many times for it to be a coincidence.
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You're right Catlady. The older boy is 5'9 and the younger boy is 6'4. Their Dad (my Son is only 5'10). Of course I'm only 5'1 so the poor taller boy has to really bend down to give me a kiss, but lucky for me he does it.
 
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