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frogmarch

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4. Beautiful! Your mom, the ocean, the

Wed May 23, 2012, 06:21 PM

May 2012

land scenery. In that order. Lovely picture all the way around.

My dad is the one sitting on the log. The other boy was a friend of his. The picture was taken in the early 1920s when my dad was in his teens.

The picture below is of my birth mother in India, who died when I was about 2 weeks old. In the photo, which was taken before she was married, she is sitting on her bike with her dog.

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Post a photo of one of your ancestors. Here is my mom on the beach in Nova Scotia. I love it! [View all] applegrove May 2012 OP

No offense, but your mom was a hottie! Taverner May 2012 #1

No offense taken. applegrove May 2012 #3

She looks more than a little like the young hifiguy May 2012 #2

Beautiful! Your mom, the ocean, the frogmarch May 2012 #4

I'm trying to think who your dad looks like. Brad Pitt? Somebody. I can't quite place it. What a applegrove May 2012 #6

My mother's nickname was frogmarch May 2012 #20

Aw. That is so tough you lost your parents too young. applegrove May 2012 #21

A bit of Matt Damon, maybe? Arugula Latte May 2012 #58

My Great^10 Uncle Earl. bluesbassman May 2012 #5

Actually your Uncle Earl pipi_k May 2012 #10

Not A photo.. more like a painting... AsahinaKimi May 2012 #7

That's awesome Kimi! bluesbassman May 2012 #8

Many paintings are on line.. AsahinaKimi May 2012 #14

Ancestor in Art! That is so cool. applegrove May 2012 #9

totemo Kakkoii ne AsahinaKimi May 2012 #16

He looks like a man one would not trifle with hifiguy May 2012 #46

This guy, my great x 4(?) grandfather. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #11

I did not know they could take photos that far back. Amazing! applegrove May 2012 #17

The daguerrotype was invented in the 1830s The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #18

that doesn't look like a daguerreotype grasswire May 2012 #53

It's an old paper copy of the original that got folded. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #61

This is pipi_k May 2012 #12

Great Uncle Hector could have been a stand-in for Rudolph Valentino. Handsome..n/t monmouth May 2012 #42

That's a lovely photograph. Bertha Venation May 2012 #13

Spring, 1917. Ptah May 2012 #15

wow...where was that taken? grasswire May 2012 #54

Montana, east of the Rockies about eighty miles. Ptah May 2012 #55

on the highline? grasswire May 2012 #57

Between the high line and Great Falls, in Pondera County, on a homestead. Ptah May 2012 #60

my grandparents homesteaded on the other side of the border grasswire May 2012 #63

Grandpa caught up in a jingoistic moment at the onset of the Spanish-American War Brother Buzz May 2012 #19

Here's mine. My mom is seated on the far right MrScorpio May 2012 #22

Gorgeous. My mom had glasses like that. applegrove May 2012 #23

Is that the Brown Bomber? Brother Buzz May 2012 #29

That is... MrScorpio May 2012 #33

That is so far beyond cool there aren't words for it. nt hifiguy May 2012 #47

Was your mother very smart? Cracklin Charlie May 2012 #36

Extremely smart, like all the women in my family MrScorpio May 2012 #40

Where was it taken? Old Troop May 2012 #62

You got me on that one. MrScorpio May 2012 #64

My many-times great-grandmother, born in 1812 WolverineDG May 2012 #24

That's a really good painting. You really get a sense of what she might have been like. applegrove May 2012 #25

According to the person who posted it on Ancestry WolverineDG May 2012 #26

Supposedly, my ancestor was Aaron from the Bible. sakabatou May 2012 #27

I think many of us are related to characters in the Bible. applegrove May 2012 #28

Well if you're a Kohen/Cohen, you're related to Aaron sakabatou May 2012 #31

Well, it's a nice story... harmonicon May 2012 #65

Great Grandmama - annabanana May 2012 #30

Love the dress and hat. I hope hats that big come back some day. applegrove May 2012 #32

Here's my dad, with his sister on the left, and his big brother standing in the back: CaliforniaPeggy May 2012 #34

What a sweet picture to have. applegrove May 2012 #35

heres my favorite of my grandmother in the late 40s i think tapermaker May 2012 #37

a little worse for wear . its my favorite picture of mysel and my little brother and sister in 1968 tapermaker May 2012 #38

Howziss? madamesilverspurs May 2012 #39

Great grandmother's family ... Myrina May 2012 #41

Is a Mom an ancestor? Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2012 #43

+1 yellowcanine May 2012 #52

That's a fantastic picture. She's gorgeous. polly7 May 2012 #44

My great grandma and great grandpa... hunter May 2012 #45

I wouldn't argue with her. Great photo nt. SwissTony May 2012 #50

The salt of the earth for sure. applegrove May 2012 #59

mom and dad Christmas 1963 Joe Shlabotnik May 2012 #48

I love the hair and the gear. applegrove May 2012 #49

I don't think of my mom as an "ancestor." Technically she is I guess, but yellowcanine May 2012 #51

Annetje Jans, the "notorious" woman who owned lower Manhattan in 1600s grasswire May 2012 #56

really neat photo of your mom; she looks happy and relaxed. Flaxbee May 2012 #66

Maternal grandparents, about 1919. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #67

How cool is that that they both had a masters back in the day. Very rare I would think. applegrove May 2012 #69

Yep they were energetic overachievers. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #71

3 generations ashling May 2012 #68

That is so great to have an intergenerational photo from so far back. applegrove May 2012 #70

My Great Great Grandfather JCMach1 May 2012 #72

If someone ever drafted me I would be awol all the time. applegrove May 2012 #73