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Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40853) • Laguna Woods, California 26 Nov 18

Last Christmas, my husband and I sent DNA samples to Ancestry. com. Periodically during the past year, we received messages from Ancestry that they had discovered a possible relative. In every case, it was someone we already knew...

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My Ancestors in 1919

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40853) • Laguna Woods, California 19 Oct 18

Last Christmas, my husband and I ordered DNA kits from Ancestry.com. This week, a young woman contacted me through Ancestry and said that we were distantly related. The young woman put me in touch with her aunt, who is about ten...

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The weekends comes quicker every time.

marguicha @marguicha (230365) • Chile 19 Oct 18

Good morning, friends. October is a month of birthdays in my family. And that means that there are special gatherings every weekend as there is no possibility of being together in the same day if the birthday falls on...

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And Sunday morning is gone.

marguicha @marguicha (230365) • Chile 18 Jun 17

I had my breakfast while I received a short visit from my sister. They live in the south of Chile, but they go once every year to see their daughter and grandchildren who live in London. They came to Santiago to take the plane....

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Nice to see you.....

me @dfollin (27267) • United States 31 Jan 17

........ In the late 1900's my late husband and I hosted some of our family reunion picnics. It was a lot of work organizing and planning them. Not to mention the shopping, setting up and cooking. Then we also went...

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I Wonder if a Family Reunion Would Work??

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 25 Jul 16

By this time next year, we should be nicely settled in our new home. I was just reading a note that I had written down last year... yes, I keep everything and it was about inviting people to visit you for the weekend and turn it...

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Family Reunions: Your Family TREE

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 18 Jul 16

Pay Day was very late this month for some reason. Looking at my amount left means that I have some work to do to reach the minimum this month. I actually have been very slow about getting on to myLot this whole month. I’ve been...

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Childhood Memory: Have You Ever Been On a Real Picnic?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 1 Feb 16

As a child, it was one of my favorite things to do. My best friend, Minnie and I would spend most of the summer together every year, even though we did not live near each other and never went to the same school. Our mothers were...

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Family Reunions

belindayhughes @belindayhughes (1096) • United States 24 Jan 13

I don't go to family reunions as much as I used to, and I miss them. They are a great time for catching up with cousins, aunts and uncles and grandparents. In my family's case, the food is prepared from recipes that have been...

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Feeling of a pang of not liked or wanted or something not expressable

webgirl01 @webgirl01 (689) • United States 11 Jul 12

Hi there, My feeling is sometimes in my heart, I feel a pang of not being liked or something that I don't express. Probably a bit of loneliness when it comes to hanging out with cousins hangouts or family reunions. I just...

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How much do you enjoy family reunions?

bluerhapsody @bluerhapsody (161) 15 Jan 12

I hate family reunions because I can't do small talk with them. They know my dirty family secrets because well they are family. At least with friends and strangers, you could filter out the really embarrassing stuff. Then they try...

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Have You Ever Planned a Family Reunion

hofferp @hofferp (4734) • United States 30 Mar 10

In 2006, I volunteered to plan our family reunion in 2008. The first thing I did was to find a location and a date. I picked Deadwood, South Dakota (my family's originally from SD), in the Black Hills, on a weekend in July that...

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Family Reunions -- A Drag or A Lot of Fun?

hofferp @hofferp (4734) • United States 30 Mar 10

In the 80s, my parents started attending family reunions (mostly on my Mom's side of the family). My brother, two sisters and I could have cared less; we didn't go. My parents always said they were a lot of fun, but you couldn't...

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do u hold family reunions every now and then?

moneymakingtoday @moneymakingtoday (4061) • Philippines 25 Sep 09

the filipino family is a closely-knit one. we hold family reunions every now and then just to keep in touch with one another. the usual and best time to do this is during christmas. how about u? do u also do this every now and...

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Family Reunions

Polly1 @Polly1 (12644) • United States 16 Aug 09

Good Morning Everyone. I'm up early today, I am off to a family reunion. I am part Miami Indian (Native American). I am going to our Miami Indian Reunion, this is our 107th reunion, of course I haven't been to all of them. We have...

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Does your family have "family reunions?"

PeacefulWmn9 @PeacefulWmn9 (10420) • United States 29 Jul 09

In the US, it is quite common for entire extended families to gather together once each year for a big "family reunion." In our family, we do this usually as a huge potluck picnic and outdoor games and...

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Family reunions are coming up........ Got any good ideas to share?

Citychic @Citychic (4067) • United States 24 Jun 09

Hey friends, it's just about that time of the year for families to all start getting together. Well i would like to know what do you all do to help celebrate your family. I"m trying to get some ideas on how to help make our next...

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Do you look forward to family get-togethers or do you make excuses not to go?

guia10 @guia10 (139) • Philippines 24 May 09

I spent the whole day yesterday at my mom's house, along with my brother's family and my sister. It's been a long time since we all sat down to have a nice dinner since we got so preoccupied with work for months. We do call one...

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Have you ever been uninvited to a family reunion?

dvmurphy @dvmurphy (326) • United States 28 Apr 09

My husband and I had a huge falling out with his family four years ago over the dealth of his father. The family has not spoken to us since because my husband would not blindly sign away his inheritance to the ex-wife (common law...

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do you have reunions?

jingbautista @jingbautista (2456) • Philippines 3 Feb 09

one thing i want and liked and loved with our culture here in the Philippines is that we handle reunions, family and school and even friend reunion. in this busy world, we need to be connected and get in touch with other people's...

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