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Post by utility_singer on Oct 20, 2015 14:21:39 GMT
I've been going through file boxes my mother-in-law kept (thousands of documents, in no particular order, so I have to look at every single piece of paper).
Anyway, I found a paper from one of my father-in-law's distant cousins. A photocopy of a yearbook page from McGill University, 1919, of my husband's grandfather. He eventually became a doctor. Around that time, CP's father was working for the Dean of the School of sciences, though I can't find any dates for his employment. Wonder if they knew each other. Weird, right?
I suppose going back far enough you can find connections between any two people but I thought that was kind of cool.
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Post by bluesatinsashes on Oct 22, 2015 2:36:51 GMT
That's awesome! As the theory goes, we are all connected to everybody in the world by a maximum of 6 degrees of separation. I like to play the "6 degrees of separation" game in my head (when I'm doing something mindless like taking a shower) by connecting myself with celebrities using the fewest connections as possible.
I can connect myself to CP by 2 degrees of separation: Me - the artistic director of my city's classical music festival - Christopher Plummer.
As for JA, it would be 3 degrees of separation (unless there's someone I know who personally knows JA!).
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Post by revcap on Oct 22, 2015 14:29:54 GMT
I wonder what his father looked like  |
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Post by utility_singer on Oct 23, 2015 3:45:35 GMT
I wonder what his father looked like Your wish is my command: link to article below. The article says it wasn't Chris' father but his mother that worked at McGill, which actually makes more sense, since they lived practically down the street.  link |
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Post by clarinetjamie on Oct 23, 2015 5:52:17 GMT
The eyes are similar.
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Post by utility_singer on Oct 23, 2015 11:15:47 GMT
Much more like his father than his mother, though. I do see a hint of his smirk here.  |
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Post by revcap on Oct 23, 2015 15:22:47 GMT
I wonder what his father looked like Your wish is my command: link to article below. The article says it wasn't Chris' father but his mother that worked at McGill, which actually makes more sense, since they lived practically down the street. linkHaha, you're amazing utility_singer! Thank you his eyes look more like his father's but yes, I can definitely see a hint of his smirk on his mom's face. |
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Post by clarinetjamie on Oct 24, 2015 7:27:19 GMT
I don't know, now that I've seen the picture of his mother I totally think he looks a lot like her.
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Post by augiesannie on Oct 24, 2015 13:17:13 GMT
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Post by utility_singer on Oct 24, 2015 14:08:30 GMT
LOL a weenie
CP has his father's basic face shape, chin, ears and nose. He has his mother's eyes and mouth.
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Post by augiesannie on Oct 24, 2015 21:44:18 GMT
LOL a weenie CP has his father's basic face shape, chin, ears and nose. He has his mother's eyes and mouth. And your research skills are amazing. |
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Post by utility_singer on Oct 25, 2015 10:54:37 GMT
LOL a weenie CP has his father's basic face shape, chin, ears and nose. He has his mother's eyes and mouth. And your research skills are amazing. Why, thank you, my dear.  |
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Post by indigoblue on Oct 26, 2015 0:24:32 GMT
Utility Supersleuth! Fascinating!
I wonder from whence flow his wit and elegance?
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Post by utility_singer on Oct 26, 2015 10:54:36 GMT
Utility Supersleuth! Fascinating! I wonder from whence flow his wit and elegance? That will take a bit longer to research. In his book he says he was raised the only child in a household full of grandparents, mother, and aunts in a style to the manner born. The last gasp of a moneyed and formal era, with an emphasis on literature and culture. I'm sure that has a lot to do with it. I also really need to read his book again. |
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Post by augiesannie on Oct 31, 2015 22:28:52 GMT
That's an amazing article utility_singer. Do we assume that it's no accident he ended up being the same kind of father, his father was? |
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Post by utility_singer on Nov 1, 2015 0:14:40 GMT
That's an amazing article utility_singer. Do we assume that it's no accident he ended up being the same kind of father, his father was? I would assume that's the case, whether it was a conscious choice or not. In many ways it would certainly have been the 'easy' choice for him, having split with Tammy, living/working in England for a large part of Amanda's childhood, and not liking (or wanting, one would assume) children. |
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