Family revisited

I met a cousin yesterday on Ancestry.com.  Kyle is the great, great grandson of Isaac Jones and I am the great, great granddaughter of Isaac Jones--3rd cousins who have never met.  My grandfather, John Corwin Shaw Sr., visited Kyle's great grandfather, Isaac Jones Jr. in Sentinel, OK back in 1927.  In case you're totally lost, Isaac Jones Jr. was John C. Shaw's uncle--his mother's brother.  During their visit, Uncle Isaac shared all he knew of the Jones family history with his nephew, who recorded it in his journal, an accounting of his daily activities that he maintained throughout his life.  I am thankful that he took the time to visit distant family, to listen and record memories of his elderly relatives and copy the dates from their family bible.

I am knitting a shawl right now that creates a spiral design, each circle building on the one before.  I like the symbolism of it.

Funny how families too, are knit together, by the stitches created by ancestors long dead.