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Family Reunions 2015

My uncle holding his granddaughter, my first cousin, and my grandmother (the baby's great grandmother) at the Orsak reunion. This summer I've attended two annual family reunions (Morkovsky and Orsak...  at least my branch of the Orsaks - there a thousands of us in Texas! ) and began helping to plan a third (Migl.) I have the opportunity to go to 4 reunions every other year and 5 in the years in between. At least I try to make them all. The Orsak reunion was near Ganado on Lake Texana - a central location since many in our family still live in South Central Texas. I didn't just attend the reunion, it was my family's turn to host the event.  The Morkovsky reunion was in Hallettsville in Lavaca County, where the family's patriarch and matriarch spent most of their lives. The oldest living member of the family reported that he thought this was the 80th annual reunion, which would make the photo below taken in 1936 at the 2nd annual reunion. Morkovsky reu