Here's Why I Love The Internet, Part 2:

I thought I would share just a couple more photos that my cousin John sent me (see previous post for background on this story). This first one is my Uncle Jack on his wedding day with Aunt Agnes. (Cousin John is their son. I know this is confusing; stay with me, people!) The second photo is my Aunt Agnes with, yes, the Lord Voldemort of the Weber clan, my grandfather, the one and only George Byron Weber, Ladies and Gentlemen! This is the fella who dropped all the kids off at the orphanage back in 1938 after my grandmother passed away. It's totally bizarre to actually see what he looked like after all this time! Not what I would have expected, but most of my family are strapping Irishmen, and this fella is... not. BWAHHAAHHAHAH! My dad used to call him the Filthy Kraut.

Ahhhhh... Family!

Here's Why I Love The Internet:

So, as some of you know, my mom was raised in a Catholic orphanage in Pittsburgh from the age of 11. Her mom died, so her dad dropped her and her 4 siblings at the nearest Inconvenient Offspring Receptacle. Here is mom upon "graduation" from said institution.


One of the unfortunate consequenses of this situation is that my mom, for various reasons, lost track of her siblings after their years in the orphanage. I didn't even know all their names, because she so rarely spoke of the whole thing.

On a whim some years ago, I posted a message on an orphans' message board, giving all the info I knew, hoping that some day, a cousin would come across my message and get in touch with me.

Well, guess what?!? Today was that day. I got an email out of the blue from my cousin John, son of my Uncle Jack! Uncle Jack was my mom's favorite! John and I have been going back and forth all day with tidbits of info (neither of us has much -- Uncle Jack abandonded HIS family when John was only 5) and photos. Here is Uncle Jack during WWII!






WOW is all I can say.

And THANKS, JOHN!!!