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.
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| 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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| Saltibarsciai |
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| In honor of Machute |
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| Kugelis! |
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| A flag egg is always essential. |
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| Which means we also needed a Saltire. |
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| And one from our side of the Atlantic. |
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| In honor of their favorite football/soccer club. |
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| And something more traditional. |
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| And they really made Jessee's day with these! |
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