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Family Portrait

Cult Of Personality

“When I was about 5 (I’m 40 now) my parents thought it would be fun to take some weird pictures on a camping trip to send to their friends and family.  Apparently, we frightened the park ranger. The end result is a pretty fantastic family portrait.  I can’t decide if we look more like the missing three from Fleetwood Mac or the leaders of a cult.”

(submitted by Jennifer)

Jekyll & Hyde

“My daughter is the ultimate troll. She switches from a smile to this face in every picture.”

(via source)

Left Out

“My cousin recently confided that he never felt like the favorite child.”

(via source)

Gearheads

“On our way to visit our grandparents house, we had to stop at Sears for something.  My step mother saw the photo booth and decided we would do our annual family photo right then, without brushing our hair, or even taking our head gear off!  Needless to say, we were not thrilled.”

(submitted by Karen)

Recreating The Awkwardness

“18 years later, and some things never change!”

(via source)

Finger Puppet

“Mom’s howling because I ruined the family picture with everyone’s ‘best face’.”

(via source)

At The Wheel

“I promise my dad is not as creepy as he looks in this pic.”

(submitted by Jennifer)

The Nutty Professor

(via source)

Uncle Pauly

“My mother (top middle) grew up in Southside Chicago to parents who immigrated from Poland. There are tons of these family photos of my mother and her siblings posing with my grandpa (the one in the ushanka). My uncle Pauly, who was about 13 in this photo is always posing with either a beer or a cigarette. I don’t know, but looking at these photos makes me wonder if everybody was drunk through the 1970’s. I, however, have photos of my grandpa and I posing with kielbasa and ushankas, so I suppose the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”

(submitted by MJ)

Family Protest

“My brother & I were none too pleased with the attire or arrangement of the photo. I was a HUGE tomboy who told her she could dress me up but could NOT make me smile. My brother was mad she put the younger/smaller brother in the higher position.”

(submitted by Allyn)