family reunions
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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