tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post8797921783968160930..comments2024-03-29T05:26:30.522+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Quite a shock.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-71086215288449025622020-05-21T04:23:26.888+01:002020-05-21T04:23:26.888+01:00Mine also has an upper lip covering. His looks lik...Mine also has an upper lip covering. His looks like he belonged to some weird religion.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-42330512443026457782020-05-21T04:21:39.623+01:002020-05-21T04:21:39.623+01:00As well as respect, I hope. I have that pleasure y...As well as respect, I hope. I have that pleasure yet to come, but the title does sound rather appealing.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-69107964465118782842020-05-20T23:53:05.060+01:002020-05-20T23:53:05.060+01:00Pleased to learn that you have a trimmed version o...Pleased to learn that you have a trimmed version of your great grandfather's beard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-49763447613137139832020-05-20T18:10:01.698+01:002020-05-20T18:10:01.698+01:00Yes and when you get to be the oldest surviving re...Yes and when you get to be the oldest surviving relative in the line it does tend to lead to a lot of retrospection.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-41073456647485450562020-05-20T14:41:02.450+01:002020-05-20T14:41:02.450+01:00Thanks for that. I am a big Hardy fan, but hadn...Thanks for that. I am a big Hardy fan, but hadn't seen this. Love his rhyming 'anon' with 'oblivi-on'.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-45518100110121392802020-05-20T14:34:34.980+01:002020-05-20T14:34:34.980+01:00Saw your grandfather! Well, it's all right for...Saw your grandfather! Well, it's all right for you. I look in the mirror sometimes and see my grandMOTHER. <br /><br />'Heredity'<br /><br />I am the family face; <br />Flesh perishes, I live on, <br />Projecting trait and trace <br />Through time to times anon, <br />And leaping from place to place <br />Over oblivion. <br /><br />The years-heired feature that can <br />In curve and voice and eye <br />Despise the human span <br />Ofdurance--that is I; <br />The eternal thing in man, <br />That heeds no call to die. <br /><br />Thomas HardyTasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-75453029307766686132020-05-20T13:58:39.607+01:002020-05-20T13:58:39.607+01:00He's my Great Grandfather. Yes, I'm sure y...He's my Great Grandfather. Yes, I'm sure you're right. I definitely see myself in my sons and grandsons; which must be a good thing.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-20010670294511853992020-05-20T13:56:16.971+01:002020-05-20T13:56:16.971+01:00I believe that 'genetically' we are more l...I believe that 'genetically' we are more like our maternal grandmothers than anyone else. Having had a look at my maternal grandmother; I'm hoping this isn't true!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-38321236289313486492020-05-20T13:54:49.117+01:002020-05-20T13:54:49.117+01:00There is definitely a resemblance between you and ...There is definitely a resemblance between you and your grandfather. I also see you in your grandsons.<br /><br />When I look at old pictures of my mother’s family, I see myself in one of her aunts. They often referred to her as homely. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-91661993233831298322020-05-20T13:33:48.873+01:002020-05-20T13:33:48.873+01:00Great story, Cro. Cue shiver down spine.
Many yea...Great story, Cro. Cue shiver down spine.<br /><br />Many years ago, when the boys were still very very very young, my mother remarked that my son looks more like my brother than my brother's own son. True. I think she forgot that there are two bloodlines. No, make that four. So my brother definitely goes into my mother's father's line as does my son. It's uncanny. Down to mannerisms. Even even temper.<br /><br />Myself? Well, once upon a time my father was deemed my older brother. That's how similar we look. Now? Now I am amazed how much of my mother I see when I look in the mirror. I don't mean age wise. She, like anyone with amazing cheekbones, has aged well. I can't put my finger on why I see her, indeed her sister, my aunt. Though I still have my father's eyes, and his chin. To say I am mystified is designing a nightmare.<br /><br />Magnificent beard, Cro. Less is more. And, of course, as my mother once told me, as long as we remember the dead they aren't [dead].<br /><br />UUrsulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-56915836260154421692020-05-20T12:55:25.914+01:002020-05-20T12:55:25.914+01:00One of my grandsons looks exactly how I looked whe...One of my grandsons looks exactly how I looked when I was his age (13-ish). Quite reassuring, I find.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-35789758003215700092020-05-20T12:17:27.727+01:002020-05-20T12:17:27.727+01:00Thanks for this morning's laugh, JayCee. xxThanks for this morning's laugh, JayCee. xxAndi's English Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136573194920355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-9479629556715853932020-05-20T12:14:14.122+01:002020-05-20T12:14:14.122+01:00Family resemblances grow more obvious as you grow ...Family resemblances grow more obvious as you grow older I think. I can can see my mother and her mother in me....and now in one of my daughter's.<br />Not sure where the other came from..some noble lineage I'm surelocal alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-73304476353844325462020-05-20T11:49:38.276+01:002020-05-20T11:49:38.276+01:00It simply took me by surprise. I'd not noticed...It simply took me by surprise. I'd not noticed it before, then suddenly I saw a distinct similarity. I now no longer see it.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-27936513154804104422020-05-20T10:47:46.907+01:002020-05-20T10:47:46.907+01:00I am puzzled as to why you describe it as a shock....I am puzzled as to why you describe it as a shock. I would be shocked if I found I didn't look like any of my family, past or present. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-82323933664347873972020-05-20T10:45:56.099+01:002020-05-20T10:45:56.099+01:00It is well researched that people do choose their ...It is well researched that people do choose their partners, sub- consciously at least, because of physical similarities to themselves. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-30920931812886436742020-05-20T10:32:05.919+01:002020-05-20T10:32:05.919+01:00Saucy!Saucy!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-53362643188850331002020-05-20T10:30:39.331+01:002020-05-20T10:30:39.331+01:00The fact that I look both like my mother, and my g...The fact that I look both like my mother, and my great Grandfather is interesting. It suggests that people may choose their partners because of family similarities.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-43216286481349202842020-05-20T10:27:14.738+01:002020-05-20T10:27:14.738+01:00I wasn't either before this strange incident. ...I wasn't either before this strange incident. It came as a shock.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-35915469823924105222020-05-20T10:26:47.484+01:002020-05-20T10:26:47.484+01:00Chimichurri<a href="https://chimichurri-gewuerz.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Chimichurri</a>T. G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12652549839009352860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-31577204039323088742020-05-20T10:26:30.004+01:002020-05-20T10:26:30.004+01:00At the same time very reassuring. At least you'...At the same time very reassuring. At least you're all sure of your lineage; unlike many.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-18429103044113112992020-05-20T10:25:21.392+01:002020-05-20T10:25:21.392+01:00It is interesting how similarities often skip gene...It is interesting how similarities often skip generationsgzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-56923691057607481392020-05-20T10:25:20.074+01:002020-05-20T10:25:20.074+01:00Me too; and I can well imagine the situation.Me too; and I can well imagine the situation.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-64935379267474867842020-05-20T10:13:50.190+01:002020-05-20T10:13:50.190+01:00That made me laugh, JayCee.That made me laugh, JayCee.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-91856232058304343862020-05-20T10:13:23.150+01:002020-05-20T10:13:23.150+01:00I confess that I am not good at recognising simila...I confess that I am not good at recognising similarities in faces. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.com