I have found a few of the photos of my family, both before my own birth, and some of my own children's children.
Let's start with the older photos...the real sepia ones.
My grandmother, Ada Phillips Swasey Rogers. Born in 1886, this might have been when she was 3 or 4 years old.
Her son, my father, George Elmore Rogers, Jr. Born in 1914, he was probably around 2 or 3 here.
Those eyes sure do look a lot alike in them, don't you think?
Baby sister of my fathers, Ada Mary, and her aunt. Ada Mary didn't live to adulthood, but there's another baby who carried her name.
Here I am in my 30's with my youngest son Tai ...around 3 months old.
One of those "tilting chairs" with Tai in it. |
Russell is 11 years older than my youngest son.
I don't have a photo of my oldest son (Marty) as a baby, since I gave him many of his own photos many years ago. (I bet I have one somewhere, but it wasn't in my digital files.) I do have some photos of him as a father though further down.
Russell around 2 years old, above.
Tai recuperating from a bee sting. |
Russell for his school pic around 1st or 2nd grade |
Marty on right, with his youngest child, sitting next to his father, Douglas, on the left.
Marty's oldest, Michael, holding Marty's youngest, Cayenne.
Marty's son, William, on the left, then Michael, and Cayenne is cut off, while Marty holds her up.
I don't have one of those proof sheets of many pics of any of the babies taken at one time. But look over at ...
Sepia Saturday this week to see what others come up with.
I'm not sure exactly what it is that links Marty's oldest, Michael, & Marty's youngest, Cayenne. If I tried to pick out which feature between the two of them is the link, I couldn't do it. But they just obviously go together somehow. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a handsome family. The first two photographs are really lovely. Ada and George do have similar eyes, and both are very sweet.
ReplyDeleteThey ALL go together -- good for you for producing such good-looking children!
ReplyDeleteLovely pics - it would be interesting to try facial recognition software on these to see if it picks up the family resemblances.
ReplyDeleteWow! You were really holding on tight to your little sister!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou look very like your father and grandmother and I think her pose, next to the fence/gate is charming.
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos of your family.
ReplyDeleteIt is lovely to have the old sepia photos, very precious, all the boys look lovely and cute, a proud Mum.
ReplyDeleteI especially like the photo of your father's little sister with her aunt, and feel sad that she did not survive.
ReplyDeleteThe DNA runs deep in this lot.
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