Comments on: Is in-law the best we can do? http://folkarethething.com/2009/06/is-in-law-the-best-we-can-do/ telling the stories of my ancestors Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:59:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ann mcgee http://folkarethething.com/2009/06/is-in-law-the-best-we-can-do/comment-page-1/#comment-31 ann mcgee Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:22:23 +0000 http://folkarethething.com/?p=231#comment-31 belle mere has my vote, and if my son ever does marry, that'll be me! belle mere has my vote, and if my son ever does marry, that’ll be me!

]]> By: Beckett http://folkarethething.com/2009/06/is-in-law-the-best-we-can-do/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Beckett Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:12:07 +0000 http://folkarethething.com/?p=231#comment-26 My mother made an elaborate cross-stitch piece that she called the Mother Tree. It was, of course, a lovely tree which had the names of the mothers in our family going back about 10 generations. Her mother had done all the research. I'm not even sure how you'd decide which tree branches to follow in such an endeavor; the further back you go, of course, the more relatives you run into. I'll have to see if I can dig up that cross-stitch... My mother made an elaborate cross-stitch piece that she called the Mother Tree. It was, of course, a lovely tree which had the names of the mothers in our family going back about 10 generations. Her mother had done all the research. I’m not even sure how you’d decide which tree branches to follow in such an endeavor; the further back you go, of course, the more relatives you run into. I’ll have to see if I can dig up that cross-stitch…

]]> By: footnoteMaven http://folkarethething.com/2009/06/is-in-law-the-best-we-can-do/comment-page-1/#comment-25 footnoteMaven Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:54:22 +0000 http://folkarethething.com/?p=231#comment-25 This is so true. And it is often the "wife of" "or husband of" that I wish was a blood relative and are very often my favorite. -fM This is so true. And it is often the “wife of” “or husband of” that I wish was a blood relative and are very often my favorite.

-fM

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