Dear William (and Daniel, Catherine, Michael & Baby Girl Y) (and your parents), (and any future descendants and their parents),
Hi William!
I hear from your Parents that you are doing GREAT!
I think that it is time to introduce part of your family to you:
This is me; I am your Grandfather Paul (in Polish, some call me Pawel):
In case you are confused, I am the one on the left (the one without a torch).
This is your Babcia Krysia:
Isn’t she beautiful?!
This is your Father (my first son; I call him Marek):
That is what he looked like when he was a baby, the way you are now. Over time, he changed — I wonder what you will look like when you grow up?
This is your Uncle Richard (my second son; I call him Rysiu):
This is your Aunt Margaret (my daughter; I call her Malgosia):
This is John Sasieta (he is engaged to your Aunt Margaret — they intend to marry on October 15, 2011):
This is your Great-Grandmother (in Polish: Pra-Babcia) Irene Kostro (my mother) — you should call her Pra-Babcia Kostro:
This is your Great-Grandmother Irena Neumann (Babcia Krysia’s Mother) — you should call her Pra-Babcia Neumann:
This is your Great-Uncle Tom Kostro (my brother):
This is your Great-Aunt Patty Brody (Tom’s wife; in this picture, with my brother Tom):
This is your Cousin Zak Kostro (actually, he is your first cousin, once removed — he is Tom’s and Patty’s son; in this picture, with my brother Tom):
This is your Cousin Katrina Kostro (she is Tom’s and Patty’s daughter):
This is your Cousin Cody Kostro (he is Tom’s and Patty’s son; in this picture, with his sister Katrina):
This is your Great-Aunt Alexandra Philippas (in Polish: Olenka; my first sister):
This is your Great-Aunt Anna Kostro (in Polish: Hanka; my second sister):
This is your Great-Aunt Elziabeth Hirsch (in Polish: Elzunia; my third sister):
This is your Great-Aunt Ann Neumann (in Polish: Hania; your Babcia Krysia’s sister):
This is your Great-Uncle Lee Levine (Ann Neumann’s husband):
This is your Cousin Alina Levine (actually, she is your first cousin, once removed — she is Ann Neuman’s and Lee Levine’s daughter):
This is your Cousin Sarah Levine (she is Ann Neuman’s and Lee Levine’s second daughter):
This is your Great-Uncle Ted Neumann (in Polish: Tadziu; your Babcia Krysia’s brother):
These are your Grandparents Joe & Nell Ladd (your Mom’s parents):
These are your Aunts Jenniffer Nelson and Suzanne LaVerriere (your Mom’s sisters; in this picture, with your Mom on your parents’ wedding day):
These are more memberes of your family, from your Mom’s sided of our family:
your cousin Huett Nelson; your aunt Jennifer Nelson; your uncle Robert LaVerriere; your aunt Suzanne LaVerriere; your Mom; your cousin Augusta Nelson; your Dad & your uncle Kurt Nelson
Other members of our family, who are no longer with us here on earth, but they watch over us in spirit, are:
Your Great-Uncle Michael Neumann (in Polish: Michal; your Babcia Krysia’s brother):
Your Great-Grandfahter Henry Neumann (your Babcia Krysia’s father; in this picture, with your Pra-Babcia Neumann):
Your Great-Grandfahter George Kostro (my father; in this picture, with you Pra-Babcia Neumann and your Pra-Babcia Kostro):
Your Great-Uncle Nicholas Philippas (my sister Olenka’s husband):
Your Great-Uncle Alfred Hirsch (my sister Elzunia’s husband):
Your Great-Great-Grandmother Apolonia Weglewska (your Babcia Krysia’s grandmother; in this picture, with your Babcia Krysia and her brother Tadziu & her sister Hania):
There are more, but I will tell you about them some other time.
Be good; bye for now.
Love,
Dziadziuś Paweł.
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