Thank You for Having Sex

Nobody wants to imagine their parents having sex, let alone their great-grandparents going at it like rabbits.

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However, you wouldn't be here if your great-grandparents (and thousands of your other ancestors) hadn't had a "roll in the hay," so to speak.

Now that I've placed that unwelcome image into your heads, perhaps it's time we switched gears.

Returning to  your great-grandparents now, although thankfully not to their sex lives...

A study by Ancestry shows that 1/5 of Americans don't know the names of any of their eight great-grandparents. Take a minute to think if you can name yours. Time's up! Were you able to name any of your 8 great-grandparents? (If not, contact me and I'll tell you who your great-grandparents were on your Culbert side of the family.)

It gets worse...

The study shows that a third of Americans are unable to name all four of their grandparents! The study didn't include Canadians but for all we know, we may be just as clueless. 

The study goes on to say that many people would like to know more about their grandparents.

So if you have memories or stories you'd like to share about your grandparents for publication on the Culbert Family History blog, please contact me at this email address:

Or if you're a grandparent who would like to share your own stories or write a biographical piece for your descendants, please get in touch.

Note: If you suffer nightmares from now on due to the image of your ancestors "making whoopie," please do not send me your therapy bill.

Grandparents and Grandchildren Photos

Thanks to everyone who sent in photos of Culbert descendants with their grandparents and grandchildren when I asked for them back in September. Are you ready to see them? Let's go!

Susan "Toots" Westell (the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter) with her grandfather, Omar Westell of Kincardine, Ontario. Circa 1940.

Four generations of Westells! Left to right: Jack Westell, Omar Westell holding great-grandson Ian Westell, and Oran Westell. Summer 1948.

 

Oran Westell (son of Omar) & Jen (Russell) Westell with their grandchildren. Ian Westell on Oran's lap. Don Jarrell & his sister on Jen's lap. Circa 1950.

Jane (Fairhall) Culbert & Richard Culbert with their grandchildren (left to right) Alice Carscallen, Helen Carscallen, and Kay Carscallen. Lucan, Ontario. c1920.

Hulda May (Culbert) Carscallen & Rev. Charles Rupert Carscallen with their grandchildren. Whitby, Ontario. 1948.

Effie Pearl (Taylor) Culbert & Myron Manford Culbert with their grandson, Michael Manford Culbert (1952-1978). Photo taken c1954.

Myron Culbert & Effie (Taylor) Culbert with their grandchildren, Wayne Culbert (left) and Marilyn Culbert. Photo taken at the Culbert homestead (Poplar Farm) near Lucan, Ontario. September, 1945.

Myron Culbert & Effie (Taylor) Culbert with their grandson, Phil Culbert. 1950.

Left to right: Elvira (Hutchings) Culbert & Ivan Culbert with their grandson, Brad Culbert and Brad's father, Phil Culbert.  London, Ontario. 1969.

Ivan Culbert with grandchildren Brad Culbert & Tara Culbert. London, Ontario. Summer 1978. (Back in the days of rotary telephones and indoor smoking.)

Angie & Phil Culbert with grandson, Lincoln Phillip Tait. 2018.

Ian Culbert with just some of his grandchildren. You're going to need a bigger chair, Ian.

Ian Culbert wrangling cats, er, grandchildren.

Thanks, everybody!

Grandparents and Grandchildren

"Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation." - Lois Wyse.
 

Myron Manford Culbert & Effie Pearl (Taylor) Culbert with their grandchildren, Clifford Wayne Culbert (left) and Marilyn Lillian Culbert at Poplar Farm (the Culbert homestead) in Biddulph Township near Lucan Ontario, September, 1945.

Do you have a photo to share of you with your grandparents? 

Or a photo of you with your grandchildren? 

Or maybe you have an old photo of your parents with their grandparents.

Email your photos to me soon and I'll post them here on the Culbert Family History blog.