I'm feeling a little silly today since it's my birthday, and decided to see if I could come up with a list where you can spot fellow family historians, or recognize yourself as one. You know you are a family historian when..... By Lanita Sconce Miller 10. You start out each email.... HI COUSIN.. 9. You have memorized the email addresses of people you’ve never met, but continue to have to check your address book for close family members. 8. Upon being introduced to one whose last name is a familiar surname, you ask them... “Are you connected to the _________ family who were from ________?” 7. You mention ancestors at every family gathering. 6. You think the roll of the eyes from other members at that same family gathering only means that they have a serious hereditary eye disease. 5. The 1890 census continues to be on your yearly Christmas List. 4. A “good” vacation means several stops at different courthouses as well as the cemeteries and finding great great grandma’s answer to a brick wall. 3. A great birthday gift is a subscription to a genealogical website or magazine. 2. You have more pictures of tombstones than living people. AND THE NUMBER 1 WAY TO KNOW IS............... 1. You find yourself going to other people’s family reunions in hopes that you will find SOMEONE who knows SOMETHING about great great great grandma Matilda. Happy Hunting, Lanita Families are like fudge. Mostly sweet with a few nuts!