This blog was started when I began to research my genealogical history. I will use it to document my family tree (and stories) to the greatest extent possible. The purpose is to create a record of the family on the off chance that, 100 years from now, somebody has a curiosity about who we were and where we came from. I don't expect it will be of interest to the vast majority of those who may stumble across it (I come from modest stock). Mostly, it's something I've created for myself.
09 April 2012
First Contact
I've made contact with my distant Lithuanian-Scottish relatives, the Rolwich's. A couple weeks back I sent a letter explaining our relation with a couple documents from the archive and the family tree. Just the next night I got a call from Brian, my second-cousin-once-removed. They were all blown away by what I had uncovered, "gobsmacked" they told me. I was really pleased to find out that they were as intrigued and as keen as to meet as I was. There was no way to be sure how they would react.
Paul, Martin, Brian, me, and Therese
We invited them over for a visit to meet. By chance, the first opportunity we got was today, Easter. So while I missed out on the Matulis gathering on the other side of the Pond, we had our own over here. And I did my best to reconnect them to their Lithuanian roots - complete with an egg cracking competition, kugelis, cold beet soup, and a flag for each of them. It was a really great time. So much more to say, but no time to say it in!
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