{"id":2777,"date":"2016-05-13T05:58:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T05:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=2777"},"modified":"2016-05-13T05:58:11","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T05:58:11","slug":"is-there-a-pair-that-surprises-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=2777","title":{"rendered":"Is There a Pair that Surprises You?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much to my delight I found where I had written down the names of the five Neill siblings who appeared in a 1940s era picture that was most likely taken at a family reunion i\"tiopoftday-flip\"<\/a>n West Point, Hancock County, Illinois.<\/p>\n

This post really is not about that.<\/p>\n

It’s about a comment that my great-aunt made when she told me who was in the picture. That comment stuck with me even though who the people were did not.<\/p>\n

She told me that she was surprised a certain two people were sitting next to each other as they notoriously did not get along. She did not tell me why and I didn’t think to ask. My suspicion was that it had to do with money or an inheritance. Family arguments often revolve one of those two intertwined problems.<\/p>\n

But why they didn’t get along really isn’t the point either of this post either.<\/p>\n

I probably should include in my notes about the picture that my aunt indicated a certain two people did not get along. My speculation (and it is pure speculation), should not be included. I’m writing a genealogy, not a piece of fiction.<\/p>\n

I’ve also decided that it might be a good question to ask when discussing a family picture:<\/p>\n

“Are there any two people who you are surprised to see in the same picture or seated next to each other?”<\/p>\n

You may be surprised at the answer you get.<\/p>\n

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Much to my delight I found where I had written down the names of the five Neill siblings who appeared in a 1940s era picture that was most likely taken at a family reunion in West Point, Hancock County, Illinois. This post really is not about that. It’s about a comment that my great-aunt made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}