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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 409755" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Sadly, this does seem to be a sign of the times! When I was a kid, everything centered around my dad's very close large family. We all lived in the same area and my grandparents big old house was always filled with aunts, uncles and cousins and they got together at least once a week, usually more. Then when we were young teenagers we moved away from where the rest of the family lived and didn't get to see them for years, but the rest of them kept it up. Then the grandparents died, the old house was sold, all the cousins got married and started their own families, a few moved away. It's sad but that's the way it usually happens. I lost track of many of them for a while but try to see them all at least every few years. Some of the cousins live in other areas now and the ones that are still there don't get together very often any more either - mostly weddings and funerals. I have kept up with many of them on Facebook though, which has been wonderful. We could have kept touch by email but we didn't. And now my grandparents are gone and my dad's whole generation is gone except for one aunt and one aunt by marriage and we're all scattered.</p><p> </p><p>My mom was an only child but had been very close to many of her cousins and we were raised very closely with the children of those cousins. But then we moved away when we were kids, then my mom became disabled and my dad didn't keep up much with mom's side of the family. And now I have completely lost track of that whole side of the family! Of course, all the older ones are gone now but I've tried to track down a few cousins with no luck. It's difficult with women because they marry and change their last names. I even joined Ancestry.com and have been trying to piece together my mom's side of the family, which answered some questions but brought up many, many more! When I was a kid I never thought about things like that and now that I <em>want</em> to know, it's sad to think that every single person who could have answered my questions is gone now!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 409755, member: 1883"] Sadly, this does seem to be a sign of the times! When I was a kid, everything centered around my dad's very close large family. We all lived in the same area and my grandparents big old house was always filled with aunts, uncles and cousins and they got together at least once a week, usually more. Then when we were young teenagers we moved away from where the rest of the family lived and didn't get to see them for years, but the rest of them kept it up. Then the grandparents died, the old house was sold, all the cousins got married and started their own families, a few moved away. It's sad but that's the way it usually happens. I lost track of many of them for a while but try to see them all at least every few years. Some of the cousins live in other areas now and the ones that are still there don't get together very often any more either - mostly weddings and funerals. I have kept up with many of them on Facebook though, which has been wonderful. We could have kept touch by email but we didn't. And now my grandparents are gone and my dad's whole generation is gone except for one aunt and one aunt by marriage and we're all scattered. My mom was an only child but had been very close to many of her cousins and we were raised very closely with the children of those cousins. But then we moved away when we were kids, then my mom became disabled and my dad didn't keep up much with mom's side of the family. And now I have completely lost track of that whole side of the family! Of course, all the older ones are gone now but I've tried to track down a few cousins with no luck. It's difficult with women because they marry and change their last names. I even joined Ancestry.com and have been trying to piece together my mom's side of the family, which answered some questions but brought up many, many more! When I was a kid I never thought about things like that and now that I [I]want[/I] to know, it's sad to think that every single person who could have answered my questions is gone now! [/QUOTE]
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