Nov
9
I never did get a really good photo of these two guys, but what do you think — can you see the resemblance?

I like this picture better, because we told Joe to “look like a baby”. Apparently he thinks our child is a few beers short of a six-pack.

Nov
8
JB’s brother is visiting for the weekend and I keep meaning to get a picture of him and Dylan together, because the resemblance is strong between those two — or as I mentioned on Twitter yesterday, awkward. Like what kind of fucked-up Flowers in the Attic secrets are we hiding over here?
Well, none, DOY. Genetics are just weird that way. Riley’s got a freaky double-jointed thumb on his left hand; so does JB’s brother. Dylan’s red hair and grey eyes look like a throwback from my grandmother’s brother, whose entire branch of the family tree has red hair. Those rosy cheeks of Dylan’s? Behold a relative of mine who was born in 1840:

Okay, fine, maybe it’s the colorization of the photo, but STILL.
My father’s family all have Spanish names, dark skin, and brown eyes; I tan like a mofo in the summer and have brown eyes and brown hair. JB has brown hair and light, easily-burned skin; his beard has red tinges to it. My aunt has blonde hair, my mom has brown/auburn hair, JB’s father is tall, JB’s mom is blonde — none of us blood relations particularly resemble each other. I think Dylan’s the one who most echoes JB’s side of the family at the moment, but it all seems to change from month to month and depends entirely on expression and angle.
What do you think? Who looks like who?


