GSQ BlogCassKnowing your grandparents.

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Knowing your grandparents. — 4 Comments

  1. A fascinating topic which I will explore as I ‘think’ that the relationship between my maternal grandmother and her maternal grandmother may not have been a happy one.
    My maternal great grandmother changed religion on marriage and came from a big family who would have had a big cohort of relations nearby. The consistent naming of their children after older relatives is quite striking. We have for example several generations of ‘Eva’, Robert , Amelia.

    • I agree religious divisions and changes can significantly affect family relationships. When we’re acquiring names and people on our trees we don’t always think about whether each generation knew the previous one.

  2. I have just read with great interest your comment regarding “Randy Seaver, an American genealogist and prolific writer with his blog, Genea-Musings.”
    Randy is a distant cousin of mine (my 5 x great grandmother was Hannah Seaver from his extended family) and I’ve been corresponding with him since before email in the 1990’s.
    He is a great genealogist and an interesting fellow to chat with.

  3. Hi Malcolm, I agree Randy is a great bloke and an excellent genealogist. I met him in person in Salt Lake at the RootsTech conferences.

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