Tell me about the furthest ancestor you remember meeting.
I met my great-grandfather once when I was 5 or 6 years old — he was around 80 at that time. Who did you meet? What do you remember about them?
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I met a great grandfather when I was a similar age, probably 5 or less
I mainly just remember him being in a wheelchair, I think I was told this had stemmed from his legs being in some freezing water in France during World War 1 (I was also shown a black and white photo of him in his military uniform, standing in front of a car typical of the 1910s, perhaps prior to the war, while he was still able to walk)
I don't know how many times I would've seen him before he died, they lived an hour away
I mainly just remember him being in a wheelchair, I think I was told this had stemmed from his legs being in some freezing water in France during World War 1 (I was also shown a black and white photo of him in his military uniform, standing in front of a car typical of the 1910s, perhaps prior to the war, while he was still able to walk)
I don't know how many times I would've seen him before he died, they lived an hour away