Weird to have vintage wedding photo of indirect ancestor in your home?

[Anonymous]

We are clearing my mom’s home. She has a beautiful black and white photo of her aunt and uncle getting married in 1950. Huge tulle gown, groom in uniform. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved this photo, but I never met a single person in it and the couple’s daughter has declined it. Is it weird to display it in my home?

[Anonymous]

No. Please love it and someday upload it to a family tree site. Their great-grandchildren might love it.

[Anonymous]

Not to me, but I like old photos exactly like you've described.

If it makes you happy, then that's all that matters. If there are others in your house that don't like it, then maybe you need to figure out if there is a place that is more "you" than "everyone else." (E.g., your office vs. living room.

[Anonymous]

Not at all weird.

[Anonymous]

Nope, it's artwork.

[Anonymous]

Thank you all!

[Anonymous]

Keep it and cherish it, OP.

I have a large oil painting hanging in my house of a great uncle who was killed near the end of WWI. He was barely out of his teens, so no direct family to pass it down to. He’s in his uniform (it was painted from a black and white photo reference) and looks resolute, but wistful, somehow.

I love the painting, especially since there is a strong resemblance, both to myself and my young adult children, even though it’s been over a hundred years since his death. Hopefully one of them will want it someday.

I will say his gaze is off to the side, looking into the distance. If he was looking directly at me, that might be slightly unsettling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keep it and cherish it, OP.

I have a large oil painting hanging in my house of a great uncle who was killed near the end of WWI. He was barely out of his teens, so no direct family to pass it down to. He’s in his uniform (it was painted from a black and white photo reference) and looks resolute, but wistful, somehow.

I love the painting, especially since there is a strong resemblance, both to myself and my young adult children, even though it’s been over a hundred years since his death. Hopefully one of them will want it someday.

I will say his gaze is off to the side, looking into the distance. If he was looking directly at me, that might be slightly unsettling.

I see why you treasure it.

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Sounds lovely. Enjoy it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are clearing my mom’s home. She has a beautiful black and white photo of her aunt and uncle getting married in 1950. Huge tulle gown, groom in uniform. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved this photo, but I never met a single person in it and the couple’s daughter has declined it. Is it weird to display it in my home?

Why would you think it weird? People sometimes have historic paintings or photos of people they never knew.

[Anonymous]

No weirder than keeping art someone else created. I love that you have a photo in your home that brings you so much joy! 😍

[Anonymous]

Nobody would think it’s weird to have the Mona Lisa in their house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody would think it’s weird to have the Mona Lisa in their house.

I would. I might even turn you in to Interpol.

[Anonymous]

I love old pictures of my ancestors and love to display them in my house, for me it's a way to show they existed and a form of respect.

[Anonymous]

Not weird at all.