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The Dad Identity

“My parents’ wedding day, February 1961. I think my Dad looks like Matt Damon.”

(via source)

The Fireplace Scam

“My aunt gave me a very old family album.  This picture represent an ancestor resting her elbow on a fireplace.  The pose is stiff, like everyone’s pictures from this era. But when I looked closer at the fireplace, I saw that it was only a painting.  I like imagining the photographer’s instructions: ‘Move your elbow a little higher!'”

(submitted by Guillaume)

Thongs Not Wrong

“This is my Dad meeting the queen. He’s wearing “thongs” (aka flip flops). The first time I found out my Dad met the Queen was today when a newspaper re-ran an article called “Even For The Queen, Thongs Not Wrong.”

(submitted by Summa)

Higher Education

“Found this in my Mom’s 1973 yearbook.”

(via source)

Why So Serious?

“When I was five my Dad told me to make my ‘serious face’ for the camera. So I did.”

(via source)

The Twins

“My two-year-old daughter looks exactly like my Mom when she was two years old.”

(via source)

My Brother’s Anguish

“I found this image of my little brother. We found that lying in the street and he had to take a picture with it.”

(via source

Vodka Stand

“My great-grandfather in his younger years doing a headstand… while being funneled Smirnoff.”

(via source)

The Pre-Photoshop Days

“This pic of me and my Dad was on his desk at work for over 25 years. Wasn’t until he retired that I noticed this…”
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Stormtrooper-ish

“This is me in 1978. Not at all happy about the homemade Stormtrooper costume my Mom made me.”

(via source)