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[jaala]

I should be asleep but I have to mention my new default userpic. It depicts three maternal relatives, a grandfather and two great-aunts, from Kentucky. (The little girl on the right is still alive, well, and living independently, and I met her for the first time the summer before last.)

This photograph is one of the clearer demonstrations I have that my family tree contains some fairly recent mixed-race ancestry. People never believe me when I mention it because I have such pale skin. Mum has developed a recent interest in genealogy and her hypothesis (largely unprovable) is that some of our Appalachian ancestors were Melungeons.

Intriguing stuff.

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Speaking of my American ancestry (and my American citizenship): my absentee ballot has not yet arrived. I'm getting worried that it won't. Oh well. It's not like another anti-Bush vote would make an iota of difference in New York.

Comments

[echomyst.livejournal.com]

I love your userpic =) I don't think my family has many pics of our great-grandparents and other relatives from the B&W/sepia photo era :-\ Some, but not many... (not a lot of money around back then). So will you go along with your mom's hypothesis or try to come up with other hypotheses?

[kezzamorphosis.livejournal.com]

I've used a few genealogical pix for LJ icons in the past, Frine, if you wanna see some, just let me know! :)

I love yours!

[jaala]

I love your userpic =)

Thanks!

So will you go along with your mom's hypothesis or try to come up with other hypotheses?

She knows more about the matter than I and it seems as good a hypothesis as any, so I think I'll go along with it.

[jaala]

I love yours!

Thanks! Sure, show me some of your pictures some time.