Recently I was browsing through old family photo albums, and came across this photo of my mom and three of her brothers back in 1975.
I was struck by how much my own brothers and I had resembled the four of them at the same ages. I dug through the un-albumed family photos, trying to find something that would really showcase the striking similarities.
The best I could come up with was this, from Christmas 1995.
Well, aren't we a good looking bunch. Nothing like having Daniel in a Jr Jazz uniform, with a basketball and his broken arm which was the result of playing a banned game at recess. (Banned for a good reason, apparently.) Then you have me, showing my insanely keen fashion sense in my Garfield sweatshirt. Nils of course is already practicing his pretty boy pose, and Anders is the sweetest little boy with platinum hair and rosy cheeks.
But still - can you see the resemblance??
It's probably stronger if you actually knew us back then. Particularly the Arne/Nilsy part - that one just blows me away.
And though the Haneberg genes are strong ones, I still often hear about how much my brothers and I resemble my dad. However, none of us do quite like Christian. This became really apparent to me last spring when I was making this video for my dad's birthday, and scanning in old photos of him.
A little chip off the ol' block, I'd say.
WOW! You really do look just like your mom's family! How crazy is that? It's neat you were able to have two pictures to compare so closely. Aren't families wonderful?
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ReplyDeleteLove this, Linnea. When I first saw the picture up top, I didn't think twice about it being you and the boys. It blew me away when I read it was your mom. Crazy.
ReplyDeleteI wish I still had that bike. It had cool fenders. So, does this mean you'll be bald and wear glasses like me when you're 50, Linnea?
ReplyDeleteJay....what is up with those shoes? Are those Mary Janes?
ReplyDeleteFun fact...just after that picture of me was taken....your mother pushed me over.
Erik, I want you to know that Jay is wearing very cool Norwegian sandals in that photo.. with socks. Which perhaps isn't the cool way to wear them... but he was still really really little. .. and it was a cool bike. .. and he was so cute. Earlier I had a really funny comment about the photos until I realized I was a generation off and it was Linnea posting, not her mom. Now I just feel O*L*D. And probably s*e*n*i*l*e. Linnea, you will probably take after your mom, not your dad. In which case, when you are 50, Jeff will be asked continually if he's your dad. LOL. (Sorry Jay, you're still cool in my book.)
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