Louis' oldest brother passed away unexpectedly last week so we made an impromptu trip to Illinois for the funeral. Louis hasn't seen most of his family in 15 years and most have only seen a picture or two of Ben.
In between explaining to Ben about death and funeral homes and cemetaries ("you mean, there are people under those stones?!?"), Ben had a chance to meet a lot of aunts, uncles, counsins, etc. He also met his 82 year old grandmother who looked at him hard and said "you must look like your mother because you certainly don't look like a "Smith". Color me stunned. I was too busy thinking about how to help Ben process the trip to think that someone might call us out like that. So many people have said that Ben looks like Louis over the years that I didn't that anyone, especially his mother, would say otherwise. None of Louis' family knows that we used DI. Frankly, I don't think they would understand or approve and it's really none of their business. I just made noises about my family's genes being very strong and walked away but I'm really glad that Ben didn't really catch what she said.
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