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Anthropology

Solly Mack

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2. I did that with my mother. Asked all manner of things about her childhood and what it was

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Dec 17, 2022, 07:22 AM

Dec 2022

like growing up the baby in the family of so many sisters. I asked her how she felt about her parents and siblings. Things about her teenage years. Her young adult years. Her first love. All kinds of things.

After she died, I still had more questions.

Never enough time.

Still, I was glad I asked her all those questions.

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Over the holidays, try talking to your relatives like an anthropologist [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2022 OP

Excellent idea. pandr32 Dec 2022 #1

I did that with my mother. Asked all manner of things about her childhood and what it was Solly Mack Dec 2022 #2

I just ordered it mgardener Dec 2022 #3

Right before my father died in 2000 Tree Lady Dec 2022 #6

I was really lucky, I was close to my grandmother, visited relatives with her and heard the stories Rhiannon12866 Dec 2022 #4

I already do. GreenWave Dec 2022 #5

You talkin' to me? (Robert DeNiro) Judi Lynn Dec 2022 #7

I stopped calling my relatives Ramapithecus (which they seemed to like) GreenWave Dec 2022 #13

Sharing with my friends and relatives; for their children as well. cachukis Dec 2022 #8

my hubby recorded his moms oral history.. she passed at 104 samnsara Dec 2022 #9

My parents grew up during the Depression nuxvomica Dec 2022 #10

Based on your title, I thought this would be about analyzing our RWNJ relatives. erronis Dec 2022 #11

Write the info on the backs of your pictures. oldfart73 Dec 2022 #12

I would have had to interview them more like a psychiatrist Warpy Dec 2022 #14