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Draco really trying his best to interact with his cousin Teddy - but what in Merlins name is a Rockstar?

Love the idea of an expanded family <3

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Have some more Draco and Teddy quality time :D

Sitting at the Malfoy Mansion lake Draco reads to Teddy far to complicated spellbooks but his cousin enjoys it anyways.

Have a nice week everyone :)

me and my cousins and you and your cousins it’s a line that’s always running

me and my cousins and you and your cousins

it’s a line that’s always running


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My little cousins are quite the entertainment! Cutest little buttheads ever. #family #cousins #boys

My little cousins are quite the entertainment! Cutest little buttheads ever. #family #cousins #boys #cute #sweet #buttheads #brothers #christmas #holidays #presents #gifts #bows #crazy #hyper


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I knew my cousin was excited about being on vacation with me.Perhaps she was a bit more excited abou

I knew my cousin was excited about being on vacation with me.

Perhaps she was a bit more excited about it than I had realized. This was suddenly looking like it was going to be a lot more fun than I’d thought it would be.


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When I dropped off my cousin at the door after the dance, she wiggled her ass at me. “Aren&rsq

When I dropped off my cousin at the door after the dance, she wiggled her ass at me. “Aren’t you coming in?”

She hadn’t been my date for the dance, but it sure looked like she was going to be my date for the after-dance party with only two attendees.


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Memorial tattoos for our cousin Aly #tattoo #tattoos #memorial #alwaysremember #RIP #cousins (Taken

Memorial tattoos for our cousin Aly #tattoo #tattoos #memorial #alwaysremember #RIP #cousins (Taken with Instagram)


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How To Get Started on Building Your Family Tree Without Help From Elders

If you are like me, and do not have many elder family members to turn to for help in discovering your family history, here are a couple of things you can do to get yourself started.

  • Talk to siblings and cousins. Ask them for anything they remember, names, dates, addresses, cities, church/places of worship, schools, anything they can remember will be helpful.
  • Try and find any old objects: photos, papers, baby books, baptism, bible records-sometimes there is useful information written on the back of old photos and keepsakes such as dates, names, places.
  • Start charting it out. Write down what you know. Start a free family tree online. Or just get a piece of paper and a pen and start charting out what you already know so that you can transition that to an online tree or a free template downloaded from online.
  • What if you don’t have any siblings/cousins? If you don’t have any siblings or cousins, at least any that you are comfortable talking to, use yourself as a resource. What do you remember? Do you remember a last name, your grandmothers maiden name? A place your aunt or uncle may have lived with your grandparents? What church did they attend? Was it local? Even the most smallest thing that you can remember could be important.
  • Perhaps turn to the local genealogy society/group in your hometown, or your parents/grandparents hometown. Local groups can be a most valuable resource.

The beginning is usually the hardest, but use what you know, use these steps as a mini guide, and get started. Remember,  you can be your own most valuable resource.

Poof !!! There goes my brain trying to understand DNA cousin matches haha!

Poof !!! There goes my brain trying to understand DNA cousin matches haha!


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So this happened and I am wondering, what would you do in my situation? 

First, a little history. A few years ago I had some family members’ DNA tested through Ancestry.com. Nothing major in the results, we discovered really nothing new, just the usual cousin match list, details on their DNA and how it differed from mine, and so on. Fast forward to nowadays, and there is now a new relationship match my family member received on his Ancestry.com DNA match list. Those of you that are unfamiliar with the match list on their website, when you have a DNA test done, the results you receive will show what parts of the world your DNA is from, and there will be a list of cousin match’s. Pending on who you have tested, it’s almost always cousins, but the more people that take the test, more likely there will be closer blood relationships that show up. 

Enter my situation. My family member who tested, had a new match. A very close relation match. A child. A NEW CHILD. Not only is this person the correct age for being their child, but they also look like other family members! This person is completely new and to my knowledge, unknown to be out there in the world. 

After reaching out to this person, they never replied and obviously either does not want to know any information or is not ready. Either way, I tried. Now here is my question: Do you tell your family member???? This child does not want contact with their biological family, do you still tell your family “hey, guess what happened??”, knowing they do not want anything to do with them? 

This could potentially cause a major disruption in their lives, in all our lives, perhaps unnecessarily. Maybe even cause some damage. 

So what would you do? Keep the secret or tell? Please share your thoughts on this. Thank you!

Someone is red.. Happy early 21 my niggaaaa! @littoalvy #cousins #family #annoyingfuck #shutthefucku

Someone is red.. Happy early 21 my niggaaaa! @littoalvy #cousins #family #annoyingfuck #shutthefuckupnigga


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  Maedhros and Fingon :: Archery Practice:: Buy this in my Society6 store! ::  //“You might tr

  Maedhros and Fingon :: Archery Practice

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//“You might try to aim at the target this time.” Maedhros chuckled in mockery, as he watched his young cousin with judgement like that of an older brother. “Or would you want me to show you, yet again?”
Fingon snorted humourlessly through clenched teeth as he drew the arrow to his ear as taught, the exertion of the act making the muscles of his shoulder and arm vibrate in objection after many such motions. The last arrow he had imbedded but a hand-length from the mark, and the frustration was clear in his tightened jaw and narrowingeyes.
The young elf inhaled deeply, this time determined to shoot straight. He exhaled slowly, releasing the arrow to fly through the air as the last of his breath left his lunges. It hit the mark with a twack as the metal tip drove into the plate of straw with force. Fingon exclaimed in a cry of victory, and turned to his cousin with a smug grin stapled on his face. “What were you saying, cousin? Perhaps you should not be so swift to disregard my quickness in learning.”
Maedhros raised a brow unimpressed. “This is a testimate to my teachings, if anything. If I can teach you, then your baby sister will be next. It will not be so much harder a task, I should think.” He flashed Fingon a challenging grin.
The youngster grimaced mockingly in return and held out his hand. “Be quiet and give me another arrow, old man.”//

(I wrote the text now to go with the drawing and to underline my idea; it is rushed but I liked it.)



Idea
Do not ask me how this idea came into my mind, but I enjoyed drawing it thoroughly. I simply loved the idea of a fully matured Maedhros teaching his adolescent cousin to shoot with bow and arrow. My last time of reading the silmarillion I understood that at the time of Finwe’s remariage with Indis, Fëanor was already grown and married to Nerdanel, so he would get Maedhros at aprox the time that Indis would have Fingolfin, which would mean that Fingon is quite younger than Maedhros. I do not know in years, but I’d guess half a dozen decades at least. So, it is definitely a headcanon of mine that Mae would enjoy the tutoring of his younger cousin. He always seemed the most sympathetic of the Feanorians, especially in his friendship with Fingon.

Some of you may also know that I have a headcanon of the dress evolution of the elves through the ages. In early Valinor I imagine them wearing something like the ancient egyptians did, it being a land of beauty and comfort, I see it as sunny and warm, even before the rising of the sun. So that is the explanation for their attires. There is nothing sexual about it.

Technique
I drew this exclusively with an 8H pencil, and tuned the contrast some in photoshop after scanning–btw, if anyone has a good scanner to recommend, which is not too expensive, I would gladly hear it as mine is terrible. I used a smudge stick for the shading, and it was indeed my first attempt at using one, so I instantly fell in love with the technique, so the shading was a surprisingly easy process, even with the two months grace period–which is my way of categorising my terrible anxiety of finishing drawings I have used much too long time on. The anatomy obviously is not perfect, but this is still one of the best drawings I have made with two people in it–I even drew feet! YAY! And of course I managed to misplace them on the page so I could not finish the top of Fingon’s bow and the end of Maedhros’. But I could still stare at them both all day, as they turned out perfectly to my vision(!!).

Conclusion

It awes me whenever I don’t hate what I draw, and lately I have hated very little of my art. It is slightly unsettling, to be honest, and it makes me put a lot of pressure on my art, which in return makes me procrastinate. Its a bad circle, but I do love this drawing, with all its flaws, and I was very happy and excited to finish it. It is rather sketchy in style, but I like that as well, and I enjoyed drawing something completely different for once.

I hope you like it too, and let me know what you think, of the idea and the drawing!^^

Love, Iggy


PS. I cannot stress enough that I do not ship them romantically, and I would very much appreciate if you do not sexualize this drawing of mine. I respect that people have different impressions than me, but I also hope you will respect mine and focus on the art itself. Thank you! <3


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