86 Years and Roughly 86 Miles is all that separates me from my great great grandmother.
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
July 10, 2018 10:56pm CST
I posted that exact thing (the title) on ancestry's subreddit. This is something I found by the help of an aunt (My father's sister who was adopted out). Shed talked with my grandmother (her mom) and was given pictures and able to glean a lot from her and looking up records.
Minnie Greer Spears was the name of the great great grandmother who was born on the same day I was albeit 86 years before.
I probably should have posted about this before, but I wasn't at home on my birthday and I hadn't thought to do it before. I will post a picture of her but I am not sure it will be very big.
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@stringer321 (5682)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
14 Jul 18
Can you please tell us some more about her ? Maybe you two got some things in common, like hobby, maybe an activity or same way of life...What do you know about her ?
My mom told me her father (and my grandfather) used to sleep with a dog in his bed. I used to sleep with my dog when I had a chance. The dog used to come to my room, stare at me asking to join and I allowed it :-)
@stringer321 (5682)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
15 Jul 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum I'm sure it is interesting to know what was her life, what she did, where did live and etc...Give it a try, maybe there are still people who know her.
@stringer321 (5682)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
16 Jul 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum You can change it from this day, you can start taking pictures, put them in albums, make a diary, so your kids will know about you, they will be able to read your memories, you will show them pictures, and so on. The albums are now not so popular because of the digital devices, the mobile phones can store photos but, it's not the same...
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jul 18
@stringer321
People are printing photos from their phones and saving them in albums now.
I have no kids and I may never have kids.
@Peach10 (1920)
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11 Jul 18
Wow that is so awesome. You have a great great grandma born of the same day as yours.. Yes please post her photo maybe she looks like you too.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
11 Jul 18
Do you not see the photo above? if not refresh as it might show up. I usually have to refresh when I first enter a discussion with a photo in it.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
12 Jul 18
@Peach10 Yes. It was cropped, there is a man standing beside her who is my great great grandfather.
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@Peach10 (1920)
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12 Jul 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum Oh I see. so that's your great great grandma. You got that from your aunt the photo.cool.
@pitstop (15551)
• Australia
11 Jul 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum 8 Houghton she was 86 years old. Reread your post and realised she was much older!!
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
11 Jul 18
@pitstop Yes, sorry about confusing you. She was born 86 years before I was.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
12 Jul 18
@popciclecold I can't see any resembelance but I think a lot of people say that when it comes to relatives.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
11 Jul 18
Refresh the page and see if you can see it then. Whenever I first go into a discsuon with a picture, I have to refresh the page. If not, let me know and I'll see what I can do.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
11 Jul 18
Sadly, I never have any picture of my GReat grand father and Great grand mother.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
11 Jul 18
I do of my great grandparents on my mom's side. I don't of my great grandparents on my dad's. I would not have come across this photo if it hadn't been for my aunt.
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
11 Jul 18
Interesting you were born on her birthday. Nice picture of her.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
11 Jul 18
Yes, I thought it was a pretty good one since a lot of photos scanned into the computer come out blurry and people can't or don't know how to fix it.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
11 Jul 18
That is just cool that you two were born on the same day.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
11 Jul 18
I thought so to. Had it not been for a DNA test, I would have never known. My father's sister found me through ancestry because of the AncestryDNA test I did there.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
11 Jul 18
I'm not really obsessed with it. I do like to look into it but I don't spend a lot of time with it either. I had all but given up on finding information about this family anyway.
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