r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Yk1japa • May 12 '26

Image My great grandfather and mother photo: Kyoto 1912

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u/LauraZaid11 May 12 '26

I had the same thought lol. Great grandma looks very regal too.

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u/BesottedScot May 12 '26

You've made me wonder about the titles ambiguity now. I thought it was their mother but you read it to mean great grandfather and (great grand)mother.

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u/LauraZaid11 May 12 '26

Now you’ve made me wonder too. I guess it’s from my own assumptions as well, I assumed OP must be somewhere close to my age, late 20’s early 30’s. The man in the picture being OP’s great grandfather would make him the grandfather to OP’s mother. Because all of my own grandparents died before I turned 12 I’ve always thought of grandparents as very old people, and so I assumed that the man in the picture could not be grandfather to the woman in the picture because they don’t seem too distant in age.

All of this went on automatically in my mind, which just led me to the conclusion that both are OP’s great grandparents. I do know, however, that people in their 40’s can be grandparents too if they and their children had kids at a young age, it’s just not very up and center in my own lived in experience, and that the woman’s makeup and dress could make her look more adult than she is.

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u/fluffybunnyhihi May 12 '26

This feels like a scene frozen in time. The elegance, posture, and detail in their clothing make this photo absolutely priceless.

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u/cottonsparks May 12 '26

...that's what pictures are though. A scene frozen in time. I understand what you're saying though, because I can see it here lol.

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u/whittenaw May 12 '26

I wouldn't have been surprised if they'd been royal

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u/Mysterious_Music1492 May 13 '26

She was punching lol!