A square graphic with a warm beige background and subtle paper texture. At the top, a speech bubble icon and the letter “Q” suggest a question. Below, dark brown serif text reads: “Got a photo of your grandparents? Share it below.” A second line asks: “What’s one thing they passed down to you—a tradition, a saying, a favorite dish?” The design invites storytelling and connection, closing the carousel with a heartfelt call to action.

💬 Got a photo of your grandparents? Share it below.
What’s one thing they passed down to you - a tradition, a saying, a favorite dish?
#GrandparentsDay #BuriedForestResearch #FamilyArchive #LegacyInBloom #ArchivalLove #StorytellingThroughPhotos #GenerationalWisdom

A square graphic with a soft beige background and three white daisies placed in the top left, top right, and bottom right corners. Centered dark brown serif text reads: “Grandparents Day Tribute - Celebrating the roots of our family tree.” The design is warm and gentle, evoking affection and reverence for grandparents and their foundational role in family history.

#GrandparentsDay #Grandparents #Family #FamilyHistory #FamilyTree #Generations #FamilyArchive

Reckon every family’s got their version of Genesis. Ours just happened to begin with a punch, a dozen uncles we called “brothers,” and a patriarch too wired to blink since Desert Storm. Memory’s a cage fight. We all walked out, but not the same shape we went in.

#traumacomedy #familyarchive

Memory Lab: Missing Father
#menleavewomenstay #raisedbyasinglemother #patriarchy #memorylab #erasure #familyarchive

Marcel Sr., Babe, Lonnie and yours truly at the apartment on Figueroa in Los Angeles.

The lovely Mr. and Mrs. Frank in the control room of the El Monte Group W (Liberty?) Cable studio.

Marcel and Marie Frank on their wedding day.

The kids: Jannon, Dania and Camia around 1991'ish.

It's a major project, but we're in the process of digitizing all (ALL!) of our family photos. So many memories. Soooo much work. I think every family should consider doing this. #familyarchive #familyalbum #photoproject #familyhistory

I'm still not sure if this length of hair was my grandmother's or my mother's (my grandmother's hair was grey by the time I was born) but it's as shiny as the last time it was washed and set in waves.

#humanhair #familyarchive #keratin

digging up more photos 🫶🏽 i believe these were taken during the end of the Guatemalan civil war (genocide), 1989.
#familyarchive #indigenoushistory #nativehistory #guatemala #mayan