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My grandmother has never seen a photo of herself as an infant. Because of this she used to lament that she must have been adopted, (despite the fact she and her two brothers are all light-skinned, formerly red-headed Black people who share the same sarcastic Mona Lisa smile that shows up in photos.) She also hasn't seen many pictures of her own mother for years.
My grandmother's neice, Angelique, the daughter of my grandma's oldest brother, Teddy, has apparently come across a bunch of old photos that most of the family has never seen. Rumor has it that her mother kept them hidden. Backstory: my grandmother's sister-in-law, Charlene, is a very dark complected Black woman who was tormented as a child for the color of her skin. I'm assuming that's why she married my grandma's pale skinned brother. She kept her children isolated from the rest of the family and made it clear she didn't care for the rest of us. It appears she brought her children up in a very Afro-centric household which leads my mom to assume that she wanted to keep evidence of obviously Caucasian heritage under wraps. Well, her children are grown with minds of their own, and I'm sure curiosity lead to the discovery of these very old, and very wonderful family photos:
My grandmother's mama! Madeline Wynn. From what I understand Wynn is a Welsh surname, although African-American lineage, as we all know, is a bit iffy. I have no idea my great-grandmother is actually bi-racial or just light skinned (although European heritage can't be too far off looking at her features.)
I saw this picture for the first time just a few days ago. That little baby is my grandma!!! I went to Walmart and printed out an 8x10 glossy of this photo and of the one of Madeline above and I'm giving them to my grandma for Christmas. I can't wait :D
This here is a photo collage of my grandma's father. He was a total ladies man and he played the saxaphone and worked as a mail carrier. Did I also mention he was popular with the ladies? :D
And here are my great GREAT grandparents. I loved Victoriana growing up so this photo is just...unbelievablly cool.
And here's my grandma over the years. The bottom left image of her at about 9 years could easily be me at that age. I still can't get over that. And my mom and I have always thought she was the spitting image of Haley Mills (The Parent Trap) in her senior photo (bottom right.) Right about now she's probably playing GTA: San Andreas and having a martini...
My grandmother's neice, Angelique, the daughter of my grandma's oldest brother, Teddy, has apparently come across a bunch of old photos that most of the family has never seen. Rumor has it that her mother kept them hidden. Backstory: my grandmother's sister-in-law, Charlene, is a very dark complected Black woman who was tormented as a child for the color of her skin. I'm assuming that's why she married my grandma's pale skinned brother. She kept her children isolated from the rest of the family and made it clear she didn't care for the rest of us. It appears she brought her children up in a very Afro-centric household which leads my mom to assume that she wanted to keep evidence of obviously Caucasian heritage under wraps. Well, her children are grown with minds of their own, and I'm sure curiosity lead to the discovery of these very old, and very wonderful family photos:
My grandmother's mama! Madeline Wynn. From what I understand Wynn is a Welsh surname, although African-American lineage, as we all know, is a bit iffy. I have no idea my great-grandmother is actually bi-racial or just light skinned (although European heritage can't be too far off looking at her features.)
I saw this picture for the first time just a few days ago. That little baby is my grandma!!! I went to Walmart and printed out an 8x10 glossy of this photo and of the one of Madeline above and I'm giving them to my grandma for Christmas. I can't wait :D
This here is a photo collage of my grandma's father. He was a total ladies man and he played the saxaphone and worked as a mail carrier. Did I also mention he was popular with the ladies? :D
And here are my great GREAT grandparents. I loved Victoriana growing up so this photo is just...unbelievablly cool.
And here's my grandma over the years. The bottom left image of her at about 9 years could easily be me at that age. I still can't get over that. And my mom and I have always thought she was the spitting image of Haley Mills (The Parent Trap) in her senior photo (bottom right.) Right about now she's probably playing GTA: San Andreas and having a martini...