I met my cousin Anne again in October of 2002, our first contact since we were teenagers. My grandmother, Suzy’s, and hers were sisters, whose parents immigrated from Germany in the 1880s, settling in Middletown, Connecticut, then later moving to the New Haven area. Anne was always a person I felt a great affinity toward—she still is—and she’s much prettier than in this photo! On Thankgiving, I got to visit with her brother Bob as well.