Alis girls Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Never seeks to amaze me the mannerisms and habits I see in my boys which remind me of long departed relatives - many my kids never met. YS has some bits of my mum and OH's dad - not a good mix. Also some of their habits mirror mine and OH';s when we were kids. A friend at work gave me a box of scottie dog shortbreads from Scotland (obvious) when she returned from holiday. I put them in the biscuit tin - yesterday when I went to get a biscuit - all the heads and feet had been nibbled and bodies put back I know we havent got mice - but guess what neither boy would admit to this dispicable sin. When I was little I nibbled half of all the chocolates one Christmas and put the uneaten bit back in the box. My mum was mortified when she went to offer them round They also finicky eaters - I was too as a child and I think this has come back to haunt me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I met very a close friend of my birth mother a few years ago and she said it was uncanny how I had a couple of mannerisms of my mother's (who I only met for the first time about 8 years ago). Annoyingly, I also inherited her figure and frizzy, wavy hair too, whilst my half-sister has beautifully straight, swishy blond hair and a figure to die for . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 You have my sympathy re the frizzy hair - I was told my blond frizz is down to having a red head for a mum I have tried everything on the market and nothing works. I remember a while back someone posted about the fact they were turning into their mother - sad to say I have all the signs but thats another thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I sympathise with the frizzy hair thing too, have found Aussie hair products & serum help and Body shop coconut hair wax. My nephew only met his dad 6 months ago, they are amirror image of eachother, same speach patterns and manerisums wierd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 All four of my kids take after their dad, in looks, mannerisms, sense of humour. Genetically speaking, I'm not sure what my purpose was at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 My son is a bit more like OH's dad in manner - quiet and dry humour. DD is definitely like OH's sister - in your face noisy and quite confident - attention seeker. Both look like my side of the family and my son is the spitting image of my dad when he was the same age. DS also has the same double jointed thumbs as my brother. All 3 of us like plaids and tartans - and that has always been such a good thing when buying clothes as presents - if I like it I know they will! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 My DS is very like his uncle in mannerisms, it will be too wierd if my BIL's son's end up like their uncle too (my OH) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Oh, Patsylabrador...I know exactly what you mean!!! EVERYONE remarks on how identical my two boys are to OH! Thanks a BUNCH! I did all the hard work! - throwing up, SPD etc. He even managed to miss the birth of DS 2 @ 29 weeks with all asociated trauma! However, I think that its just downright spooky seeing things in your children that mirror grandparents who died before they were born!!!! Sadly both my boys have my 'forthright' manner rather than OH 's laid backness....not a good remedy for household harmony! OH threatens to emigrate on a regular basis! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 I know what you mean about grandparents, my YD is the image of my Gran who died when I was 5 months pregnant, she has the same intense dark blue eyes and a lot of her manner too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadietoo Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 My DD is the spit of her grandmother (paternal), with all of her mannerisms too....whilst my DS is unnervingly a look a likey for my cousin, who I haven't seen for years, but met at a family funeral last year...Spooky!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Rather spookily I look like my Great Grandmother, I have a photo of her when she was in her youth and we have identical eyes, nose, hair and cheekbones. When I showed the photo to a colleague she thought it was me in fancy dress ( the picture was taken circa 1905)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 It's rather ironic that I looked very like my birth mother, whilst my 3 half siblings bore absolutely no resemblance to her whatsoever! Genes will out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Rather spookily I look like my Great Grandmother, I have a photo of her when she was in her youth and we have identical eyes, nose, hair and cheekbones. When I showed the photo to a colleague she thought it was me in fancy dress ( the picture was taken circa 1905)! Me too, she was a big part of my dad's life and he says I am like her in character too. She was 101 when I was born and died a year later having been active and intellectually sharp as a tack her whole life. We have a photo of her aged about 17 and it is amazing how like her I look - she also looks like she has better things to do than to stand still in formal clothes and have her photo taken - which is very me as well! DS2 resembles his great-granddad, who died 28 years before he was born. DS2 was born on what would have been his 100th birthday and is like him physically, in character and in other ways like both being ambidextrous. If I believed in reincarnation I would think it was a bit spooky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 I am like my Grandmum a bit - red curls,busty figure....the rest of them are blonde & flatchested. My lucky daughter got the blonde hair,plus the curves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 I am most like the Italian side of the family - dark colouring, I am most like my aunt. My sister is like my father's side (Scottish) she's fair with blue eyes and fair skin. We are nothing alike. He children are both like my BIL, nothing at all from our family form what I can see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
