Question of the Day

Suggested by Shaker Bellist: "Favorite story about an ancestor? Doesn't have to be one you witnessed."

I don't know many stories about my ancestors, but I have always loved that my great-grandfather was a Vaudevillian, who made his living as an acrobatic contortionist. He's the tiny clown on the right, naturally.

image of a promotional image for my great-grandfather's act; he is pictured next to a dark-skinned man in an acrobat's costume; my grand-father is wearing clown make-up and a clown costume

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