Family Stuff and History
I'm now in touch with my cousin on my father's side (Jeanette and her husbnd Ian) and discovered several errors in my Auntie Gladys's version of the Gunston history which I will correct.
One of my Australian cousins, Jacqui (my mother's side) is visiting again in September so I hope to confirm some stuff when I see her. On our Maltese side there is the scary Greek Great Grandmother -who I resemble! - My sister commented that we have no idea of her background. There must be a tale of how she - or her family - came to Malta from somewhere Greek....
Diasporas are fascinating. I only got as far as Cardiff (20 miles!) and then came back - for some people that is quite adventurous, but nothing compared with Malta to Egypt and then to Australia like my maternal Grandparents. When I was in Cardiff I used to joke that I'd travelled 20 miles and got culture shock - it was quite true though.
One of my Australian cousins, Jacqui (my mother's side) is visiting again in September so I hope to confirm some stuff when I see her. On our Maltese side there is the scary Greek Great Grandmother -who I resemble! - My sister commented that we have no idea of her background. There must be a tale of how she - or her family - came to Malta from somewhere Greek....
Diasporas are fascinating. I only got as far as Cardiff (20 miles!) and then came back - for some people that is quite adventurous, but nothing compared with Malta to Egypt and then to Australia like my maternal Grandparents. When I was in Cardiff I used to joke that I'd travelled 20 miles and got culture shock - it was quite true though.
Labels: Aberkenfig, Cardiff, cousins, culture shock, Egypt, family, family history, Gunstons, history, Ian, Jacqui, jeanette, Molinaris, South Wales, Wales
posted by Sheilagh Gunston | 3:43 PM
4 Comments:
Has the genealogy given you wandering thoughts, like a trip away somewhere, like Malta, Egypt sometime, or a peek at Greece?
Hi ZACL, I have visited Malta lots of times and while not making contact, have visited Hamrun my Grandmother's hometown. It was discussing Greek and Turkish Cyprus that made my sister and me realise we didn't know from where our Great Grandmother came - definitely future travel thoughts!
It's years since my visit to Northern Cyprus, a memorable day trip over the crossing, which seemed like we'd spent more time there than we actually did.
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