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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: Finley 1 on Tuesday 09 June 15 18:13 BST (UK)
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Well -- I dont think I am any closer to finding out who I am after 15 years of searching my rellies...
I want the 'magic Genie' they seem to have on 'who do you think you are' ... cos they sure get a long way in a short time...
HOWEVER spookily, never being told much about my Paternal Grandmother she died before I was born, and was not mentioned by my Mum, cos ...well Mum didnt like the fact that my Paternal grandparents were not (sssshhhh) actually married... oh dear me...
Anyhow...... Until maybe 6/7 years ago I hadnt a clue what she looked like...
But since then I have found odd pics of her and more about her .. had some wonderful restores done on here. So happy to at last get a glimpse of her..
I neglected my hair for over one year, after the storm at this place (my mobile lady gave up on us :()
so eventually I went to the local hairdresser in the village, not knowing how I wanted it styling and basically just asked for a dry cut to hide my awful earlobes... :) :)
Came away and though ooo not sure about that....
But it is the VERY best thing I could ever had done...
Because it shows an uncanny likeness between me and My Gran Esther - I cant help but stare at it and wonder how on earth, I managed to have an almost identical style cut to a lady I had only just discovered ... its a spooky thing this gene thing.
I will see if I can find two pics to compare for you... :)
xin
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here u go xin
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Oh I say xin :o. Think you definitely know who you are now ;D
You really are twins....... great pictures :)
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Can certainly see that you are related. Many years ago I had my hair done just like my mother had hers, about the same age that I was. I had no idea, my hair dresser just decided that was how he was going to do it.. l found a photo of my mother with the same style,plus wearing identical shoes,as to those I had been wearing.
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That's remarkable, Xin! How wonderful you can see such a likeness.
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Thank you, it is wonderful isnt it... brings tears to the old eyes, I will definitely recognise her - when we get to meet.
xin
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Yes there is a striking resemblance there Xinia.
I love looking at old photos. My great gran Kate Coombs nee Roberts born 1863 and her siblings look a lot like their maternal aunt Elizabeth Emily Jacques nee Roberts, children of Thos and Mary Ann Roberts nee Walder. Someone has shared an old photo of Elizabeth with me. I want to find a photo of Kate.
It is nice to see photos of family and how similar they all look alike.
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Well done Xin.
Photos are an amazing resource. Whilst I have had very few at hand, a couple of surprises have
occurred.
My one son's facial features are a combination of my Mother and my Fathers, Father. My other son is very much like my Husbands paternal Grandmother.
This would make really good viewing on that well know TV programme in the morning on ITV.
And, also my Brother is the spitting image of his great Uncle, evens stands like him with his hands in his pockets.
;D
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Well -- I dont think I am any closer to finding out who I am after 15 years of searching my rellies...
I want the 'magic Genie' they seem to have on 'who do you think you are' ... cos they sure get a long way in a short time...
Large teams with budget to order as many certs as they like, visit as many archives as they like, working full time.
That speeds things up.
A part timer with a finite budget (i.e. most of us) cannot go nearly as fast or well.
BugBear
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Been reflecting:- a bit dangerous at my age.
But Nan Esther died in 1940 I was born 1946
So....
funny that I was the only one able to take care of my Pops (her only son) in his last few years..
Of course my mind is in overdrive... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D 8)
xin
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Your hairstyle is very nice Xinia, and there is a really strong resemblance.
My eldest son resembles my great grandfather very much even to the beard which is dark but going grey in the middle, exactly the same .G.Grandfather was 1841- 1902 , son born 1957, so 58 in a little while.
I never thought I looked like my Mum but attending the funeral of my Mum`s youngest sister my cousins were amazed how like her I was. We`d not met in over 50 years.
Viktoria.
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Wow you definitely look like each other!, the same sort of eyes besides other things. Great pictures!
My grandfather (my mum's father) used to say to me that I am the spit of his mother, I really can't see it myself. I have a photo of her and I look absolutely nothing like my great gran - well not yet anyway (photo is when she is in her 50s). She's a lot shorter than myself too ( perhaps he didn't mean looks, perhaps he meant that I was bossy like his mother, which is probably more like it ;D)
I always thought I look more like my father and his mother , and nothing like my mum or her side. It's funny what people see.
My little boy on the other hand reminds me of my mum's sister, same sad *old(*knowing) puppy dog eyes.
Kind Regards :)
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Loving that likeness to your gran xin! Amazing!
I have a dimple in my chin, as did my mother, my grandmother and my great grandfather! And my son, and one of his sons! And a couple of cousins have it running through their children as well!
Jeanne
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Loving that likeness to your gran xin! Amazing!
I have a dimple in my chin, as did my mother, my grandmother and my great grandfather! And my son, and one of his sons! And a couple of cousins have it running through their children as well!
Jeanne
Funny things that are passed on genetically, I have two double jointed toes , the middle toe on both feet, my son and my father have exactly the same on the same two toes. It's obviously been passed down from my father to me then my son, but I would love to know did my father get it from his mother or father - and how far back did these bendy toes go ;D, was it ggg George, or perhaps ggggg Thomas, or Mary. I wish I had asked my grandparent(s) if they had the same, but when I was a child I thought my double jointed toes were normal, and everybody could do the same.
Makes me wonder what else they passed on to me, those are the things that we can see, what about the things we can't see.
Kind Regards
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I'm waiting for that elusive highly intelligent gene to appear! It had better hurry though, because the memory gene is getting pretty dodgy! ::) ::)
Jeanne
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Amazing likeness Xin, really rather spooky ;D My OH is the spitting image of his
GG/Grandfather, but me, I look like absolutely no one :'(
Joy
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I dont think handwriting is genetic, that is learned but I think in terms of occupations, that can be a bit of both, nature and nurture. Ie a family of printers, or tailors. Dress makers etc.
My great great gran and her sisters were tailoresses and so was their paternal grandmother and her sister. I think the right tools and learning plays a big part but I think some of it is the genetic factor.
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Great likeness, Xinia, how lovely to have that connection.
But likenesses aren't always in facial features, are they - it's in mannerisms and ways of speaking.
My brother and I aren't at all alike in facial features, but we are very alike in manner.
I can often see echoes of likenesses in photographs, without being able to quite pin down which facial feature it is. My son is very like his great great uncle in a photo taken when his great great uncle was in his teens - but I'm not sure he will look like the same man in later life, or like the man's son.
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Oh wow, so very much alike, everytime i look in the mirror i see my mother looking back at me and everytime i look at my daughter i see myself at a younger age. It gives me a sense of belonging, i hope it does for you too.
I found via facebook a man who turned out to be a (not sure of the technically correct terminology) second cousin, he looked so much like my grandma! His surname was the same as her maiden name so took a chance and his grandfather was my grandma's half brother. Strong genes must run in the family.
On the other hand my son looks nothing like either my husband or myself but, boy oh boy does he have double doses of hubby's personality and both his grandfather's!!! :o
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Your photographs could easily be asking if the two people are the same person. You look so very much alike.
Although I think we see what we want in resemblance of people and many times people have told me I look very much like my dad and my sister... but what they don't know is he is my step father and she is my step sister and we are not related in anyway
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My great gran Catherine and her siblings all had distinctive eyes and certain facial features, and their mothers sister, that Elizabeth Jacques nee Roberts looked just like her great niece as a younger woman, Catherine's daughter. Also, Elizabeth's and Kate Coombs (nee Roberts) half sister Ann Luff nee Roberts daughter Essie also had similar facial features.
And as said many of them were dressmakers, tailoresses.
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I have a small very dark brown mole on my middle finger, right hand.So does my son
Exactly the same place.
Viktoria.
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Your photographs could easily be asking if the two people are the same person. You look so very much alike.
Although I think we see what we want in resemblance of people and many times people have told me I look very much like my dad and my sister... but what they don't know is he is my step father and she is my step sister and we are not related in anyway
My husband's dad was commenting at the weekend at how similar our youngest son is to him (husband's dad). And there is a really strong resemblance in features, mannerisms and personality. However, husband's dad is really step-dad, so there is no blood relation to our son at all............ A bit of seeing what you want to see, and also nature vs nurture (husband doesn't remember 'real' dad at all and lived with step dad since he was 5ish).
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But if you are blood related and you can see the striking family features then there is nothing at all about "seeing what we want to see". My nan and her brother look alike as do many other relatives of mine who are related. That is certainly not imagination.