Stories about your family!

[Minielf]

Hey there, anyone want to talk about some of the strange and wonderful events that have happened to their parents, siblings or themselves?  

[tamcharles]

Well I come on Gaia to forget about all that but since this is the topic of the thread... I have a brother. razz <-- There, I just talked about my family. xd wink  

[Niphredil Ithilmir]

I'm an only child. And I have parents. 3nodding  

[t0shi0]

Everyone is my family is human. surprised Bet you never knew that. xD
But really, it seems like I'm the only one who is evil. ninja  

[sasa_powa_4eva]

All my family and relatives are asians... Chinese...!  

[Darkaznstargoddess]

Hm..
This could take awhile..
I'll just try to be brief..

I have two little brothers and one little sister. We live with our parents..
Both of my parents were born in Vietnam.

Mom's family were Chinese living in Vietnam. My grandparents had 8 kids.
Mainlanders considered her family to be Hoa or Vietnamese. During the Vietnam war they ran to Guangdong. (Stupid Nixon) Most of my mom's family live in California. I think I have 20 cousins there. sweatdrop My great grandpa fought against Japanese in WWII.

While my dad's family were 75% Vietnamese. Grandparents on that side 7 had kids. I still have reliatives there. They ran from North Vietnam to Hong Kong. Lets just say some people in the family aren't speaking to each other.. One of my uncles fought for the Viet-cong (North Vietnamese army)

What a big family.. There..  

[Rikku201]

Hmmm, well okay. To start off my parents are french and british. My little brother is a mix of Native American, Mexican, African, and i think Irish. My older brother is half british and half swedish. My parents adopted me and my little brother from teenage mothers (my older brother is just my moms kid, my dad is his stepdad). Whats really kinda funny is the fact that my brother has humoungous furry hair so he looks like he has and afro. Well thats pretty much it. wink  

[Minielf]

Well, my family's the typical sort. Mum, dad, little brother, two grandmothers and one grandfathers. Most have uninteresting life stories.

However, my grandfather's the most interesting one in my family, having been a propaganda writer for the People's Red Army in China before coming to Australia.  

[Cat-Whiskers]

Well I think my family's story is gonna be quite interesting...

My grandfather on my father's side, was a spy for the Chinese Red Army during the Sino-Japanese war. In his division there were 185 people in the beginning, at the end of the war only 3 survived. I remember him crying during the 8/15 celebrations because of the friends he lost.

After the war, because of his contribution, he was promoted to the 9th rank in the Communist Party, (background info here: the 1st rank is the highest, and only one person had that title - Mao. There are about 25 ranks in total, and the total amount of people that ranks 10th rank or higher in China is no more than 200). While it was great for a while, it also made him a target during the Cultural Revolution (damn that stupid era). So he suffered quite a bit too. Still, even after all that persecution and false labelling my grandfather is still fierecly loyal to the PRC... (which is half of the contribution towards my patriotism towards China).

My grandmother on my father's side was the head nurse in the People's Red Army Hospital of FuXin. There was only my dad and my aunt on that side, and I have a cousin who's 5 years older.

Now onto my mother's side. My grandfather on my mother's side was a general in the People's Red Army. Rank is similar to General in the States. Mainly works in the communication department, and my grandmother on my mother's side is also in the army, one rank lower than my grandfather. Because they were soldiers my mother's side of the family didn't suffer much during the Cultural Revolution. On that side there's my mother and my aunt, and I have a cousin who's 1 year younger.

Anyways, my grandparents on both sides were all extremely well educated, and are all fierecely loyal to China (and it passed on to my parents, then to me). Both my parents are mechanical engineers. I'm the only child.

There, there's my family's story, enjoy. stare  

[Niphredil Ithilmir]

My friend's family history is a lot more interesting than mine..

Her grandpa convicted more Japanese war criminals after WWII than anyone else, so had to change his name and run lots of places because Japanese people kept trying to assassinate him.

Her great-great grandpa led the last ever cavalry charge.

Her great-great-great-great-grandpa was Grand Master of the Knights Templar.

She doesn't know what her real name is..  

[yalie5]

Niphredil Ithilmir

My friend's family history is a lot more interesting than mine..

Her grandpa convicted more Japanese war criminals after WWII than anyone else, so had to change his name and run lots of places because Japanese people kept trying to assassinate him.

Her great-great grandpa led the last ever cavalry charge.

Her great-great-great-great-grandpa was Grand Master of the Knights Templar.

She doesn't know what her real name is..

you've got to be f*king kidding me... either you're incredibly gullible or you're friend has a big mouth. eek If it's true... well then... I don't know what to say.
@cat: you have yet to explain why you don't get red pocket money.  

[Cat-Whiskers]

yalie5

Niphredil Ithilmir

My friend''s family history is a lot more interesting than mine..

Her grandpa convicted more Japanese war criminals after WWII than anyone else, so had to change his name and run lots of places because Japanese people kept trying to assassinate him.

Her great-great grandpa led the last ever cavalry charge.

Her great-great-great-great-grandpa was Grand Master of the Knights Templar.

She doesn''t know what her real name is..

you''ve got to be f*king kidding me... either you''re incredibly gullible or you''re friend has a big mouth. eek If it''s true... well then... I don''t know what to say.
@cat: you have yet to explain why you don''t get red pocket money.

Something about breaking away from tradition and due to the amount of education they recieved they think it''ll "spoil" me if I get red pocket money stare  

[Minielf]

Cat-Whiskers

Well I think my family's story is gonna be quite interesting...

My grandfather on my father's side, was a spy for the Chinese Red Army during the Sino-Japanese war. In his division there were 185 people in the beginning, at the end of the war only 3 survived. I remember him crying during the 8/15 celebrations because of the friends he lost.

After the war, because of his contribution, he was promoted to the 9th rank in the Communist Party, (background info here: the 1st rank is the highest, and only one person had that title - Mao. There are about 25 ranks in total, and the total amount of people that ranks 10th rank or higher in China is no more than 200). While it was great for a while, it also made him a target during the Cultural Revolution (damn that stupid era). So he suffered quite a bit too. Still, even after all that persecution and false labelling my grandfather is still fierecly loyal to the PRC... (which is half of the contribution towards my patriotism towards China).

My grandmother on my father's side was the head nurse in the People's Red Army Hospital of FuXin. There was only my dad and my aunt on that side, and I have a cousin who's 5 years older.

Now onto my mother's side. My grandfather on my mother's side was a general in the People's Red Army. Rank is similar to General in the States. Mainly works in the communication department, and my grandmother on my mother's side is also in the army, one rank lower than my grandfather. Because they were soldiers my mother's side of the family didn't suffer much during the Cultural Revolution. On that side there's my mother and my aunt, and I have a cousin who's 1 year younger.

Anyways, my grandparents on both sides were all extremely well educated, and are all fierecely loyal to China (and it passed on to my parents, then to me). Both my parents are mechanical engineers. I'm the only child.

There, there's my family's story, enjoy. stare

Whoa, your grandparents are pretty interesting. Are they still both alive?  

[Cat-Whiskers]

Minielf

Whoa, your grandparents are pretty interesting. Are they still both alive?

My grandfather on my father's side passed away due to brain tumor (or something like that...) and my grandmother on my mother's side passed away due to cancer crying  

[Minielf]

Cat-Whiskers

Minielf

Whoa, your grandparents are pretty interesting. Are they still both alive?

My grandfather on my father's side passed away due to brain tumor (or something like that...) and my grandmother on my mother's side passed away due to cancer crying

Oh well. My grandfather on my mother's side died well before I was even born, so I have absolutely no idea of who he was. My other three grandparents are still alive.