Hi Russ,
Yes, yes, yes, I know exactly what you are talking about and I guess you had all the variations we had as children.
I do just make under 55, but my brother is quite a bit younger, I have one cousin that I know of who has sons, and they will probably be the only ones in Australia in the next generation (that is unless my brother get his act into gear in a hurry and gets around to having some more children - unfortunately we are going to have to find him a willing participant firstly and he works such long hours that I don't think he has time.
Please email me directly for a further chat - I would love to know about your family connection as obviously somewhere along the line we have common ancestors.
mmckone@vtown.com.auI was born in Sydney (THE HOME OF THE BEST OLYMPICS EVER) but now live in Melbourne (THE HOME OF THE 1956 OLYMPICS AND THE 2006 COMMONWEALTH GAMES) We even have a round of the Grand Prix run here in March.
Let me know where you are situated, and I really do hope you can talk soon.
I will give you my brother Graham's email and you can contact him too if you wish.
Thanks so much for posting a message.
Regards, Mheganne.