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which is a bit odd, because blondes are actually quite rare in both Ireland and Scotland
(, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 22:17, Reply)
Her name was Nellie. She stuck it to the Nazis.
(, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 22:19, Reply)
I look like nobody in my family. I feel like sarcasm has shaped my face
(, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 22:21, Reply)
I just look a lot like my father and his family. At least I know I'm legitimate :D
(, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 22:22, Reply)
and go 'oh yeah you've got your dad's nose' or whatever. But overall my face is a bit of a mishmash. Unlike my sister who is the spitting image of my aunt (the beautiful but horrible one)
(, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 22:25, Reply)
My grandfather's eyes (down to the splodge in one fo them)
Dad's nose (but smaller)
But Irish skin :D
(, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 22:27, Reply)
I wonder where my genes came from, they're a lot more Teutonic than Celtic. Though I have green eyes rather than blue
(, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 22:31, Reply)
a few years back it was my maternal grandparent's 50th wedding anniversary and they had a big bash, as you do... There's one photo of all us ladies; my gran, my mum, my sister and myself. The three of them look like some sort of time lapse special effect, and I look like that child they got from the orphanage.
(, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 22:51, Reply)
for implying that her german-born father was anything less than loyal to England
(, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 22:23, Reply)
Irish, Italian and German.
The Germans started it, the Italians changed sides and the Irish left their lights on at night!
(, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 22:29, Reply)
That's pretty impressive I guess.
(, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 22:32, Reply)
There is my scouse great grandma who caught her shawl on a bucket of water on her way down the stairs during an air-raid and said "Oh Jesus Maggie what's that following us down the stairs, Hitler's throwing acid at us!!"
We wouldn't have won the war without loveable idiots like her.
(, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 22:35, Reply)
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