Growing Up In A Large Family
By Susan
@HazySue (39265)
Gouverneur, New York
October 29, 2017 10:17am CST
The other day I unearthed a tote full of old, old photos. They are 50 years and much older. To my delight This photo was on top of the pile.
This is a photo that is from 1947. It is of my mother and her sisters. Yes there were 5 girls in her family. But wait, there were also 5 boys in the family. Talk about a large family!
My mother is the second from the right. I loved seeing my aunts as young women. It was a real treat. All of the young women in the photo have passed away but I am thrilled to have this as a memory of them in their younger years.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
29 Oct 17
What a great picture. It is such a treasure to have photos like that. I had five sisters, no brothers. My Dad came from a family of nine siblings and in mom's family there were 13 of them. Big families were quite common back then. I have a friend who came from a family of 24 siblings.
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
30 Oct 17
@Happy2BeMe it used to be the way of things. My father had 7 siblings.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
29 Oct 17
I know a bunch of siblings and their were 20 of them.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
29 Oct 17
My mother came from a family of 13, a set of twins were 2 of them.
I have some old photos of family and it is nice to see all of them young.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
29 Oct 17
Your Mother was the tallest, bless her.
It must be wonderful to have all these photos.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
30 Oct 17
@HazySue Aw same height as me.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
29 Oct 17
That is a beautiful picture, my mother had 5 sisters and 4 brothers so the same size family. It was fun growing up with so many aunts and uncles.
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
30 Oct 17
That is a nice photo...Large families are fun.nowadays it is just the parents and two kids usually here
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
29 Oct 17
A great treasure to keep there.
I don´t have any of my Aunts or others but I have their faces in my memory so that is something.
Great photo.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
30 Oct 17
@HazySue
All the ones I had belonged to my Mom and they all got vanished away by certain people and I have never been able to recover them.
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
31 Oct 17
@lovinangelsinstead21 that's too bad. They are something you can't replace.
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@toniganzon (77120)
• Philippines
30 Oct 17
Wow that's a really large family. My father had three brothers and two sisters. My mother only have one sister and two brothers. I recall that back in the days, the mother could have dozens of children. And that's because they got married at a very young age of 16 or 18. But these days, it's just hard to find a mother who has 5 children.
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@toniganzon (77120)
• Philippines
31 Oct 17
@HazySue OH I had a teacher looking great even after having a dozen of kids.
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
31 Oct 17
@toniganzon that is unusual, it usually takes quite tole on the body, especially in those days.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
30 Oct 17
i have many siblings, too. big families were common back then. i love the dress in the middle.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
31 Oct 17
@HazySue we still do - clothes, shoes, bags
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
29 Oct 17
That is a great treasure to preserve.Just now I was thinking about joint family system we had here.
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
31 Oct 17
@HazySue Imagine the wonder the third or fourth generations after us in the family will be feeling looking at some of those photos.
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
31 Oct 17
@silvermist I am sure my girls and their children will enjoy these photos.
@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
29 Oct 17
I have a big fanily too.. My great-grandmother had about 6 children, and my grandmother did as well, as well as two of my aunts.
Too bad we aren't a close big family like when my mom was growing up, and even I was.
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
31 Oct 17
@Courtlynn mine just drifted apart. It is sad that one person could effect a whole family.
@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
30 Oct 17
@HazySue that is sad. My family is distant due to my aunt being hateful
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
30 Oct 17
Fantastic picture, I have one of my mom when she was 2 her mom and grandmother. Love that pic. I also have one of my grandfather when he was like 7 and his brother was 5. I am a female but I looked just like my great uncle at the same age. It's positively eerie.
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@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
29 Oct 17
Great photo! 
It`s really nice seeing an old photo of your mom with her siblings looking all young and happy enjoying the day together!
It`s really nice seeing an old photo of your mom with her siblings looking all young and happy enjoying the day together! 1 person likes this
@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
30 Oct 17
@HazySue Oh I can understand your feeling as my mom belongs to a big family too but for 7siblings
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