Family Tree: Elizabeth Flesher died on January 9th? Spooky…
So, out of curiosity I did a search of my name on Google and found an interesting image of a headstone (shown above). Even more interestingly, I found a history of my ancestors, our German heritage, time spent in West Virginia and learned that the original Elizabeth Flesher actually died on January 9th, 1856. I was born to the day 122 years later, spooky.
Reading about all of this family history inspired me to start a family tree that I could share with my daughter and she can update if she chooses when her family grows. I’ve also sent links to family in hopes that they will complete some of the missing pieces and add photographs of family that I don’t get the opportunity to spend time with as we’ve moved apart over the years. I think it’s neat to have a visual path to our ancestors. While it doesn’t go all of the way back to the original Elizabeth Flesher, it does help us better understand our roots. Most interesting though is that my husband’s family also comes from West Virginia, even though we met in Baltimore City. I’m going to try not to think really hard about whether or not our trees will cross cross if we dig deep enough…
Oh and the best part about MyHeritage.com is that you can see which celebrity you most resemble using their face recognition software. It says I look like Beyonce and Angelina Jolie? I wish!
The only thing that could possibly be more amusing is that my husband appears to be a match for Chairman Mao…I actually had a little bit of Coke Zero come out of my nose when I saw this one:
