Ancestry Blogger Transforms 8 Family Photos In Unique Way
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July 12, 2016
A Unique Approach To Family Ancestry
Finding a young person interested in exploring their family's ancestry is often a rare treat in today's selfie culture. Rachel Rifkin is one of those rare gems. Credit: Rachel Rifkin / Life Stories Today At 27-years-old, Rachel's grandfather had served as a medic in the Korean War. One day, while helping clean out her grandparent's house, Rachel stumbled upon those letters. Reading her grandfather's thoughts connected Rachel to him in a deeply profound way. The experience inspired her to use her God-given talent of writing to start her blog, Family Resemblance. [rsnippet id="3" name="Article-Ad"] As Rachel continued to dig into her family ancestry, she came across a photo of her maternal great-grandmother, Fannie, from what she estimates to be some time between 1915 and 1920. Credit: Rachel Rifkin / Life Stories Today"In it, she’s young and beautiful, with a slight smirk on her face. In a time when most people looked stoic in pictures, she’s serving up the sass," Rachel writes.And that's when the imaginative young lady decided to do something incredible to honor her family tree. And what she did is a stroke of creative genius! RELATED: The magical photo of a 2-day old baby meeting her great-grandma Rachel decided to embark on an Ancestry Photo project, where she would recreate some photos of family members whom she resembled. And watching Rachel transform into her family members in the following 8 photos is absolutely stunning!
Ancestry Photo 1: Great-grandmother Fannie
Credit: Rachel Rifkin / Life Stories TodayAncestry Photo 2: Grandfather Sidney
Credit: Rachel Rifkin / Life Stories TodayAncestry Photo 3: Great-great Grandfather Shmeryahu (Sidney)
Credit: Rachel Rifkin / Life Stories TodayAncestry Photo 4: Cousin Thelma
Credit: Rachel Rifkin / Life Stories TodayAncestry Photo 5: Cousin Ibolia
Credit: Rachel Rifkin / Life Stories TodayAncestry Photo 6: Cousin Tiffany
Credit: Rachel Rifkin / Life Stories TodayAncestry Photo 7: Dad
Credit: Rachel Rifkin / Life Stories Today RELATED: Father and son take the same photo for 27 yearsAncestry Photo 8: Mom
Credit: Rachel Rifkin / Life Stories Today What a unique way to honor her family heritage!"I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore." Genesis 22:17[rsnippet id="2" name="ArticleAd-300x250-3"]
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