Schooling in Winterswijk, 1815

Any family tree produces some lemons, some nuts, and a few bad apples – Anonymous

Genealogy: A haystack full of needles. It’s the threads I need. – Anonymous

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher – Socrates

Other things change us, but we start and end with the family. – Anthony Brandt

A family tree can wither if nobody tends its roots – Anonymous

If your parents never had children, chances are you won’t either – Dick Cavett

I think my family tree is a few branches short of full bloom. – Anonymous

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works is the family. – Lee Iacocca

To realize the value of a sister or brother, ask someone who doesn’t have one – Anonymous

This packrat has learned that what the next generation will value most is not what we owned, but the evidence of who we were and the tales of how we loved – Ellen Goodman, The Boston Globe

Grandchildren don’t stay young forever, which is good because grandfathers have only so many horsy rides in them – Gene Perret

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind. – Dr. Seuss

I trace my family history so I will know who to blame. Every family tree has some sap in it. – Anonymous

She’s always late. Her ancestors arrived on the Juneflower – Anonymous

What a bargain my grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and they give me a million dollars worth of pleasure – Gene Perret

When we die, we become stories in the minds of other people. – Anonymous

If your baby is beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses, sleeps on schedule and burps on demand, an angel all the time, you are the grandma – Teresa Bloomingdale

One of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather – Joy Hargrove

Your date of birth and date of death do not define you; rather, you are defined by what happens in between. – Anonymous

My grandkids believe I’m the oldest thing in the world. And after two or three hours with them, I believe it, too – Gene Perret

If the family were a fruit, it would be an orange, a circle of sections, held together but separable – each segment distinct. – Letty Cottin Pogrebin