crates | September 18, 2008
I got a call at work thirty minutes ago…my father said that my beloved mother and his precious wife left us at 9:40 pm CDT. She was surrounded by all her children (except me) and by almost all her grandchildren. I was not present because I thought I’d work a bit more to earn the money [...]
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Tags: death, family, nature, priorities
crates | September 13, 2008
At times it is almost overwhelming watching my father hold my mother’s hand and tell her that he has loved her since she was fifteen years old. This December they will have been married sixty-six years. My father will be 84 and my mother 83. She still will kiss you when you bend over to [...]
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Tags: a love story, Alzheimers, Crowell Texas, family, Iwo Jima, Marines, nature, Navy Cross, W.W. II
crates | September 8, 2008
For many years I have been interested in the history of my family. The advent of computers has sped up this process and recently a new tool has been added to the process–DNA analysis.
Recently when I was in Texas, I noticed that the genealogy web site, Ancestry.com, had a half price sale on [...]
Category: Genetics, Personal Stuff, genealogy |
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Tags: DNA, genealogy, maternal ancestry, mDNA, mitochondrial DNA, nature, paternal ancestry, y chromosome