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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
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