A Nice Surprise......

So my dad came in tonight and said oh wait I found some photos for you. Low and behold they are my Grandma Tingle and her parents and 2 of her siblings. I haven't seen my Grandma face since I was 16 to say it was bitter sweet is an understatement. I forgot how much my dad looks like her and I am sad to say how much I miss her. Since my heart attack my memories are just not what they use to be so I can't remember much but I do remember the love she had for us. She was a tough women but she was always there to help out. She lived near Churchill Downs and she was in her element come Derby time. She would talk to everyone and she never meet a stranger. My poor dad has lost both parents now and when he talks about them you can tell how deep this hurts him. My Grandpa just left us a year ago and that pain is still very raw. He at least still has my Grandma Wright (his step-mom) but we don't treat her any different she IS his mother in every sense of the word and she IS my grandma as well. This does help to still have her but the loss is still there. I am not sure what I will do when I lose my Grandma Wright it will be a devastating loss. 

Below are some photos of my Dad and my brother, my Grandma Tingle and her sisters, my grandpa, grandma and dad and one picture from grandpa's grave.  

Time to start again...

So due to the holidays and festivity I have been neglecting my ancestry search but no worries it is now to time to pick up where I left off and head into a new year with new adventurers and discovery's. Or at least I hope so. I recently purchased and participated in Ancestry DNA. It has brought more questions then answers but still it is neat to see. So the following chart is what I received when I got it back:

Regions:

80% Great Britain

9% Europe West

4% Scandinavia

4 Other regions

 

They also now have "Circles" which shows you an estimate of who maybe related to you from there DNA sample. Sorta weird but neat as well. My problem is most people don't include in there public names any information on who they are so I am not really sure what to make of those. I am the strange one I guess I have my name public so in the small chance a distant relative would like to reach out to me they can. 

 

So here's to a new year and well wishes to lots of discovery's!!!!

 

Happy New Year everyone!!! :-)