Jabba 18389 Report post Posted May 16, 2014 Let's see, if you could arrange a current day visit with your long deceased Great, Great, Great, Great Grandparents (given that a generation is about 25 years, which in my case, they could have lived circa 1725-1795)...what could you do to either amaze or outrage their sensibilities? I saw some photographs of one of my grandparent's homestead. Let me tell you it was pretty. frigging. humble! All they had was land, a roof and lots of hard work. Put yourself in their shoes and think of the differences between then and now. The stuff we do to ourselves now is so far removed from their existence back then - how would you help them relate for their day with you? Just one day. Suggestions: Give them a ride in a car? Take them to a movie - maybe a 3D movie? Use the microwave to help cook a meal? Take them to a heritage farm? Take them to church? Take them to a Supermarket? Take them to Home Depot? Turn on the light switch? Turn on the heat or air conditioning? Take them for a walk downtown? Let them surf the internet for porn? Listen to music on the sound system? Let them take a warm shower or bath or hottub? Imagine the look on their faces when they experience our everyday world. We have so much information bombarding us, we simply filter it out, but what about your relatives - how could you help them cope? What kindness would you do for your visitors? On the flip side, they will invite you back into their world for a day. Do you think you could hack it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fortunateone 156618 Report post Posted May 16, 2014 My great grandmother's life seemed to embarrass my grandmother to the point that we don't know much about it. I'd be more interested to find out more about what she went thru: left husband and family, moved to Canada. returned to pick up her youngest, my grandmother, left the rest with the Dad. Those kids and their kids barely knew who she was, and that includes my grandmother. Discrepancy over the marriage certificate date and the birth certificate of her youngest children (as in they thought they were 2 years younger than they really were lol), and then what happened to that guy, their Dad? And who was the last husband, not their Dad, and where did he go? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jabba 18389 Report post Posted May 16, 2014 I have a buddy who discovered that who he thought were his cousins were in fact his half brothers & sisters. His mom had had kids out of wedlock & were raised by his grandparents. He was in total shock about his mom's previous life. Maybe our ancestors have things to teach us? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
