October 23, 2006 – Met New Harvey Cousins

The picture on the left was Left, Patricia Harvey, middle my daughter Sara, right Jim Harvey, who is my dads 2nd cousin, and they share the same great grandfather. The picture on the right shows Patricia on the far left and her husband Jim Harvey on the far right next to my mom, Garnetta. My brother Doug and his wife Shirley and my daughter Sara are in the middle. I had the pleasure of meeting them last weekend. My dad found them on the Internet when he was doing some genealogy work and became acquainted with them. It was so much fun getting to know Jim and Patricia. I had only 2 regrets: that my dad could not be there with us, though in spirit I think he was, and secondly, I wish we would have had them in our lives sooner. The good part was that it was like a little piece of Dad was there in seeing Jim. Though they are only 2nd cousins, and shared the same great grandfather, there was some curious similarities. They share a lot of common interests and there are some uncanny similar mannerisms, but you would have had to have known my dad pretty well to see them. My brother Doug commented on this this week weekend on my birthday about it so it wasn’t just me. Anyways, Jim and Patricia were a delight and I hope we will get to see them some time again in the near future.