Family meme
Aug. 17th, 2021 05:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
girlyswotOr is it a Friday Five? Well, it’s Tuesday, so let’s say not.
1. Did you grow up with your parents together as a unit?
Yes. They are due to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary in a few weeks. If you ask my father about his wedding day, he will begin by telling you there was a very cool south-easterly breeze. This tells you everything you need to know about him.
2. Did you reach adulthood with four living grandparents?
I did not reach infancy with four living grandparents! My paternal grandfather died several years before I was born. My grandmother died in my early twenties. My maternal grandparents were considerably younger and died when I was in my thirties.
3. Is your extended family a close one or not?
Mixed, I would say. My brother is much better at it than I am. Last weekend my niece and nephew met their second cousin once removed, who is a similar age to them. There are some cousins we knew pretty well growing up, others who I’ve got to know a bit as grown ups and some I don’t know at all. I have one uncle I’ve barely met, but others who are very close.
4. Does your family have a 'black sheep'?
My great uncle. I did not know until long after he died that he was an alcoholic, a flasher and a paedophile.
5. What is your first memory of a family member that is not your mother(s) or father(s)?
I’m not sure. I have early memories of my grandparents, as well as the aunt and uncle who lived very close to us.
1. Did you grow up with your parents together as a unit?
Yes. They are due to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary in a few weeks. If you ask my father about his wedding day, he will begin by telling you there was a very cool south-easterly breeze. This tells you everything you need to know about him.
2. Did you reach adulthood with four living grandparents?
I did not reach infancy with four living grandparents! My paternal grandfather died several years before I was born. My grandmother died in my early twenties. My maternal grandparents were considerably younger and died when I was in my thirties.
3. Is your extended family a close one or not?
Mixed, I would say. My brother is much better at it than I am. Last weekend my niece and nephew met their second cousin once removed, who is a similar age to them. There are some cousins we knew pretty well growing up, others who I’ve got to know a bit as grown ups and some I don’t know at all. I have one uncle I’ve barely met, but others who are very close.
4. Does your family have a 'black sheep'?
My great uncle. I did not know until long after he died that he was an alcoholic, a flasher and a paedophile.
5. What is your first memory of a family member that is not your mother(s) or father(s)?
I’m not sure. I have early memories of my grandparents, as well as the aunt and uncle who lived very close to us.