Posted in Websites, tagged cousins, family, genealogy on July 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Say what? So what is with the First Cousin “once removed”? What is a “cross” cousin? A “parallel” cousin? Now my grandmother used to call her step-siblings - which were also her first cousins, “Double” cousins, but I’ve since learned that is an incorrect term. Double Cousins are those children whose parents are married to [...]
Posted in Life and Death, Photographs, stories, tagged Amore, Baker, Blazer, cousins, genealogy, reunion, Wertz on May 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The summer months signal the end of the school year, the smell of chlorine as we spend time at our backyard or community pools, the sound of ice cubes melting in the tall glasses of water or iced tea, and the call of our nomadic beginnings as we think about travel plans.
Many families will travel [...]
Posted in Life and Death, tagged Amore, cousins, descendents, genealogy, grandchildren, grandparents, Johnson on May 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s some more of my family statistics.
My maternal grandparents - Glen Roy Johnson Sr. and Vesta Christina Wilt - had:
- 4 Children (the last was premature and died at 6 weeks)
- 8 Grandchildren
- 16 Great-grandchildren
- 16 Great-Great-grandchildren
Total of 44 Descendents!
My paternal grandparents - Lloyd William Amore and Ella Maria House - had:
8 Children (the last was [...]
Posted in Life and Death, tagged cousins, genealogy, grandparents, parents, siblings on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »
My husband likes to say that family trees should look like a tree (smaller at the top and getting larger as you get to the bottom) not look like a box! That’s because he doesn’t understand what the fascination is to find out all the children of the 5th great aunt or uncle and their descendents. [...]
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