Today, I made up my mind to send Facebook friend requests to several of my second cousins (people who have the same great-grandparents as me) on my mom's side of the family. Some of these people I've only ever met maybe twice in my life, a couple of them I would see once or twice a year when I was younger. I also sent a message to one of my late grandmother's cousins who lives in France, in the hopes that she may be able to tell me more about that side of the family.
These are big steps for me to take. I am thankful for Facebook and its usefulness in finding those more distant family members. Those of you who know me know that I'm really not much of a "people person." If I had to call these second cousins on the telephone, I'm almost positive I wouldn't do it. But, I've put a lot of time and effort into researching this particular side of the family, and I've found a lot of cool and interesting things about our great-grandparents that I want to be able to share with them. I even have some photos of us together when we were kids - from those very sporadic times when we did see each other. Actually, I am probably getting a little ahead of myself - I'm not even sure they will recognize my name and accept my friend request. And who knows if they will even be interested in what I've found? I will be sure to keep everyone posted. :-)
©2012, copyright Emily Kowalski Schroeder
These are big steps for me to take. I am thankful for Facebook and its usefulness in finding those more distant family members. Those of you who know me know that I'm really not much of a "people person." If I had to call these second cousins on the telephone, I'm almost positive I wouldn't do it. But, I've put a lot of time and effort into researching this particular side of the family, and I've found a lot of cool and interesting things about our great-grandparents that I want to be able to share with them. I even have some photos of us together when we were kids - from those very sporadic times when we did see each other. Actually, I am probably getting a little ahead of myself - I'm not even sure they will recognize my name and accept my friend request. And who knows if they will even be interested in what I've found? I will be sure to keep everyone posted. :-)
©2012, copyright Emily Kowalski Schroeder
