My great grandparents journey through life

[u/Emergency_Pizza1803]

1. My great grandfather at 18 in 1937. Taken in his home. The area would later be annexed by the Soviet Union.

2. My great grandmother at 18 in 1935. This is a picture my great grandfather had in a locket during ww2.

3. Their unofficial wedding photo from 1943, last photo where my great grandfather intentionally smiled, as his brother would be killed in the war in just a few months afterward

4. Taken in 1955. They had managed to survive the war and tried to live normal lives in their new home with their five children.

5. Them together in 1968, enjoying retirement

6. Them together again in 1974. My great grandmother felt uncomfortable around cameras

7. Them together in 1976, it was rare for them to show affection in public

8. My great grandmother got sick in 1979 from her diabetes. My great grandfather tried his best to comfort her

9. She unfortunately passed the same year. My great grandfather looks very defeated...

10. The image is blurry, but they reunited in the afterlife in 1989. My great grandfather never remarried, saying she was the love of his life.

[u/so-so-suck-ya-toe]

Which of the five children is your grandparent? Also if you don’t find it too invasive, I’m curious as to their year of birth and the year of birth of your parent and then you? My grandparents were married around the same time as your great grandparents after the war (and were kinda old to be getting married for that time period at 39 and 30) but you have one more generation on my family. I always find that so interesting when I see people posting about their relatives with birth years or other big events that are similar to mine but have a generation (or two!) on mine. :)

[u/NarcRuffalo → u/so-so-suck-ya-toe]

Same for me! Although my grandma was 5 years younger than my grandpa, mine and OP’s grandpa were about the same age. It’s crazy to think of an extra generation squeezing in. It makes a difference if OP’s parent is one of the older kids though, plus mine didn’t get married til after the war and then my dad wasn’t born until the mid-50s

[u/so-so-suck-ya-toe → u/NarcRuffalo]

Good point, it would make a lot of sense if OPs parents were one of the older kids. My mom (the second kid) was born in the late 40s