June 20, 2007
Been Busy Part 2: Meeting Relatives
Just before last Christmas I got a letter from a relative in Canada. She is a second cousin on my mom's side of the family. My mother's parents died when I was young and other than her brother's family, I didn't know any of her relatives. She and her parents had come to the U.S. from the UK when she was very young and she didn't know any of her family in England.
Finding out that I had relatives in Canada and England was a great Christmas surprise. Even better, I got to meet some of them recently. My second cousins, Denise (from Canada) and Jean (from England) and Jean's husband Michael came to visit.
From left to right - Jean, Michael, and Denise.
We only got to spend one evening together before they traveled on to visit with my uncle and his family but it was wonderful to meet them and learn more about where my mom's family came from and about my relatives.
Posted by marybeth at June 20, 2007 02:36 PM Family