My grandparents with some of their children.

[LuckyCharms]

My grandfather's hands are on my father's shoulders.

Post your own if you want!

Edit to add: Grandparents were off the boat from "Rionero in Vulture", Italy. My dad was born in 1912.

[rsdsharp]

1. I can't post it, but I have a large photo of my great-grandfather holding my father

in what appears to be a christening gown. My dad was born in 1907.

[Ptah]

2. Me, on my grandmother's lap, my mother standing and my great grandmother sitting

[LuckyCharms]

4. Fantastic, Ptah.

[Ptah]

5. Here is my mother holding my grandson:

[LuckyCharms]

6. Heartwarming! I love seeing pics of different generations. Thanks, Ptah.

[Boomerproud]

3. Wonderful. My most prized possessions are photos of my 2x great-grandparents.

Every family has fascinating stories to tell. That's why I like genealogy.

[True Dough]

7. That little girl on the left

must have done something bad to get cut out of the family portrait!



Great stuff, Lucky!

[LuckyCharms]

8. True Dough, there's SEVEN MORE that are not shown!

[True Dough]

9. Are they

Bashful, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Dopey, Doc and Sneezy?

[LuckyCharms]

10. There were 16 total...but one died shortly after birth...

leaving 15 to grow through adulthood.

What is shown in the picture are my father's parents, my father, and my older aunts and uncles. My dad was one of the older boys.

I have over 60 FIRST cousins on my father's side!

Grandparents took the boat over, and settled in a coal mining town in PA, before moving to NY.

All the boys and girls were successful in life.

All of the men were well known for their dancing abilities.

Some were given Italian birth names, which became "Americanized" as they aged. For example Giovanni became John.

As the men aged, they grew into physiques that were like brick shit houses. I had two of my younger uncles that were both captains of my high school football team in consecutive years.

Every one is dead now, except for one aunt who married one of my father's younger brothers. She is in her 90s.

[True Dough]

11. You don't hear of families like that anymore!

If your back wasn't so bad, I'd demand to see some of your dance moves.

[LuckyCharms]

12. I guess times were different back then.

They were VERY catholic, and likely did not use birth control. My grandmother was perpetually pregnant.

My father was very smart even after leaving school very young to help take care of the family, since he was one of the older boys.

At one point, they all lived in the same house!

Some ran successful businesses, some held executive positions.

As I think of it today, my personal beliefs are that it is ridiculous to have so many children, but when I was younger, I viewed it as "normal", because that is what I knew. How I grew up.

I'll tell you a memorable story. When I was in Junior High. one of my uncles ran a corner store near the school. All of my classmates used to walk to that store during lunch. I went in there one day, and my uncle was at the cash register. The store was packed with boys and girls. I was very shy and quiet back then.

So everyone is crammed into this store during lunch. My hormones were raging, as they do with kids that age, and I had a crush on several young women who were in the store that day. Again, remember that I was very shy.

My uncle looks up and sees me. he yells out HEY LUCKY! I said "Hi Uncle Joe". Then his voice got even louder so every one could hear I HAVE A QUESTIUON FOR YOU! I asked "what is it"? He yells DO YOU HAVE ANY HAIR ON YOUR BALLS YET? All of my crushes started giggling. I was so embarrassed, I just said "JESUS CHRIST UNCLE JOE!! I must still be traumatized by that little event, since at age 67, I still think about it!

And when my back is good, I'm not a bad dancer.

[Niagara]

13. My maternal grandparents with their children

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My guess is about 1955 or so.

[LuckyCharms]

14. Thanks, Niagara!

Your mom's very pretty.

[Niagara]

15. You're welcome, Lucky

And thank you!