We have just returned from a fantastic holiday in Florida, I stayed with my Uncle Keble, it's the first time we have met him, my cousin Polly and her husband Leslie, came from Connecticut to stay with us for a week and we all went to meet cousin Mel, aged 87, we spent three hours listening to him tell us about the origins of our family on my Grandmother's side and we made a family tree of seven generations starting with a slave named Mimi Briscoe, who was freed from slavery at the tender age of 12. Mel also kept us in stitches with tales of his life and travels starting from Jamaica and moving to the UK before settling in Florida in the 1980's. We drove down Alley Gate Alley and Snake Road to visited my Aunt Maxine in Charlotte County and met numerous cousins, and we all went tovisit Grandma's grave. Then we enjoyed a stay in a Motel with a heated swimming pool and Herons in the garden, before heading back to Miramar,
We also discovered that Uncle K (Keble Drummond & the Cables) isn't the only celebrity in the family, newly discovered cousin Marcia J Ball is also a singer worth listening to
We will be meeting cousins in London next year and we have an invitation to stay with Polly and Leslie, and meet more family in Connecticut which we have accepted and shall go in 2017 and shall then fly to Florida to spend some time with Uncle K and look in on the rest of the Clan while we are at it. it's all very exciting....
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