Family traits

cotton · Post by **cotton** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:03 pm

What are some of your family traits that have been passed down? It can be genetic or something that you learned from a family member. Like cooking etc...

some of the traits that my family has is our large ears and hieght. we are very tall. Being a good cook runs in my family too. Unfortunetly I am not that good at it. We are also very stuborn and strongly opinionated.

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:07 pm

blonde hair, our sense of humour, we're good at art.........can sing.....and we adore animals .........my family is good fun......when we get together it's always a scream...........

fluffy

quirky · Post by **quirky** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:09 pm

I've got some, but I need more time to explain them.

KC8t80 · Post by **KC8t80** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:12 pm

my blue eyes i get from my mom's side of the family and my sense of humor i get from my dad.

Clemmy · Post by **Clemmy** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:15 pm

for my family... family comes first... gatherings around the table savoring good food and long talks... we are friendly and welcoming... a little stuborn at times.

wonderbunny · Post by **wonderbunny** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:33 pm

I'm still trying to figure that one out. We are all soooo, very different. We can have a great sense of humor, and love to make people laugh; but the kids are on opposite ends of the spectrum. You would never know we came from the same family. Height, weight, eyes, hair... keep wondering if we were dropped off one by one by a stork or something.

Michele Hernandez · Post by **Michele Hernandez** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:33 am

Both sides of my family are very different. My great-grandparents were rock hounds, and they passed on a sense of adventure and a love for natural history. There is musical talent, ...and a mixed heritage from many backgrounds. Heinz 57 as they call it here, when your ancestry is mixed. Most of my family doesn't live in Cal, so I follow my own rules.

cotton · Post by **cotton** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:48 am

My moms family lives to ripe old ages. My great grandmother was almost 98 when she died her brother was in his 90's too. My grandfathers sister lived til she was 89 and his other sister died when she was approx.90. My Grandfather is turning 91 tuesday and my grandmother it 88.

My dads family is quite the opposite. His mom and dad had 15 kids 1 died at birth and so far not many have lived past the age 70.

I hope I take after my moms side when it comes to old age.

cotton · Post by **cotton** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:13 am

quirky wrote:I've got some, but I need more time to explain them.

Yea well I can see why with the aliens and all

quirky · Post by **quirky** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:23 am

keep wondering if we were dropped off one by one by a stork or something

Well yes. Of course you were. Didn't you know that?

Clemmy · Post by **Clemmy** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:28 am

cotton wrote:
quirky wrote:I've got some, but I need more time to explain them.

Yea well I can see why with the aliens and all

It had me thinking... the cross pollination between quirky and flat Jim might have rendered cute aliens... with big blue eyes and nice teeth (well... assuming that alien babies are born with theeth...) ... some traits to pass on...

MandyCarrey · Post by **MandyCarrey** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:28 pm

Blue eyes.. coz my mum and dad both have blue eyes.. so me and my two brothes all have blue eyes... also dark brown hair.. but me and my mum dyed ours blond. ... also i get good drawing skills and stuborness frm my dad.. but i look a lot like my mum.. supposidly lol.

quirky · Post by **quirky** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:24 pm

I look like both of my parents.

I learned "meat and potatoes" cooking from my mom, but my father was a kitchen adventurer and I have some of that, too.

My father taught me to think about all sides of an issue. He wanted me to KNOW WHY I feel the way I feel about some things...and to never be ashamed to change my mind.

I also get a love of reading from him. When I was little, my brothers could walk by and smack me on the head and I still wouldn't take it out of the book. Apparently my father was the same way as a child.

From my mother I learned empathy. She was the one to reach out to people with kindness...and this made her an excellent nurse.

Eskarpin · Post by **Eskarpin** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:21 pm

Well, Ihave the same badly genius that my father

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:40 pm

Well i'm not 100% sure about my gene pool but i do know it's mostly Scottish and French Canadian..............lol.........but not Carre........so i'm not related to Jim ...............lol.....

fluffy