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RYou · 05-03-2008, 08:07 AM

Pop had 10, 8 bro's and 2 sis's. Mom had 3 bro's and 3 sis's. All grew up in the same town and knew each other. All have passed on. Can't tell you how many cousins that made for. There is a 35 year spread between the oldest grandchild and me. Pop was the youngest of the brood and I the youngest grandchild. I had one uncle in WWI, a few in WWII as well as a few cousins. All were in the South Pacific in WWII (pop was on the USS Maryland), some went to Korea and a few cousins in Vietnam. All Navy, all survived the Pacific, though 1 was a 7 year POW in the Hanoi Hilton and spent some time with McCain (1x state champ, NCAA A-A, 4th). Another was a test pilot with Yeager, but died in crash during testing for a slot as one of the first astronauts. It's interesting that they never talked about the dark side of service until all of the WWII memorabilia popped up on the tube.

The family reunions were a blast back then, they were actually two family reunions. Oh, the party we had when my cousin finally returned from Nam.

05-03-2008, 08:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
RYou Olympic Champ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,960 My Mood: Tournaments Joined: 3 Tournament Wins: 0 Blog Entries: 1	Re: How large is you're family? Pop had 10, 8 bro's and 2 sis's. Mom had 3 bro's and 3 sis's. All grew up in the same town and knew each other. All have passed on. Can't tell you how many cousins that made for. There is a 35 year spread between the oldest grandchild and me. Pop was the youngest of the brood and I the youngest grandchild. I had one uncle in WWI, a few in WWII as well as a few cousins. All were in the South Pacific in WWII (pop was on the USS Maryland), some went to Korea and a few cousins in Vietnam. All Navy, all survived the Pacific, though 1 was a 7 year POW in the Hanoi Hilton and spent some time with McCain (1x state champ, NCAA A-A, 4th). Another was a test pilot with Yeager, but died in crash during testing for a slot as one of the first astronauts. It's interesting that they never talked about the dark side of service until all of the WWII memorabilia popped up on the tube. The family reunions were a blast back then, they were actually two family reunions. Oh, the party we had when my cousin finally returned from Nam.