My family isnt odd... its in the Genes

Isn't the internet a wonderful thing. We can find almost anything with it. Sometimes its a doorway to making a dream come alive. maybe its a window to give you glimpses of things you only every dreamed about. Either way it is a gateway to knowledge.

As I am getting older I am finding I am becoming more and more obsessed with following my family tree. It's not as easy as it sounds. there is lots of checking, backtracking and rechecking involved.

I have been tracking down  my ancestory for a couple of years now. it really is quite an arduous  chore and I have breaks from it from time to time when it gets a bit too confusing. I have completely lost the trail on my mums side now so  I will have to back track and start again as the O'meara's seem to be every where in Scotland and Ireland in the 1800's not to mention a few I found in the US, NZ and of course a few naughty ones sent on over to Australia in the convict days. 

The past few months though  I have found a few extra  bits and pieces on my dads side. I have known for a few years now that we are descendants of Henry Liddell from Ravensworth Castle Scotland. Henry is the father of Alice Liddell. You may know her better as Alice in wonderland. That was exciting to find out, and for the past year I have been  reading up all I can about the family and of course the castle. It is my dream to one day go to Scotland and just  see the ruins for my self. I know it sounds weird but I would really love a small amount of soil as well, but I know that is a no no. 

After looking  at some old pictures I have managed to find of the  Liddell family tree I started flicking through a few of my old photos of myself and my sisters as kids. and man I got an eerie feeling when I noticed my little sister..always a free spirit, as a child she looked at the world through different coloured glasses to the rest of us. In one picture  of us girls it completely hit me how similar in looks my little sister was to Alice as a child.

Once again it made me smile as it kind of enforced a couple of things  I have always known about my family. 
1. of course our pets are our family and it is quite normal to talk to them and include them like you would anyone else.
2. Imagination is a blessing and something  we have in abundance.

                        Alice Liddell. Posing as a beggar girl for Charles Dodgson