True or false? And then what do you say to that person?
 This month I met a remarkable relative, 91 year-old Mrs. Alberta Penn Stallings of Hayward, California. When you meet a relative for the first time that you never knew existed (as I did), what would you say to her or him? What could you learn from her or him? What would it mean to you? For family?
 In March 2014, led by the vision of Tuan Reynolds of Roanoke, VA, and others, the Reynolds side of the family started a Reynolds Family page on Facebook. Pictured left are the family patriarch (Tazwell Reynolds, born in 1862 in Franklin County, VA) and the matriarch (Mariah Guerrant Reynolds, born in in 1863 in Franklin County, VA). They were wed in 1885. They were born when Abraham Lincoln was U.S. president. Today their descendants are productive and nationwide. To the members and friends of the family, what has the experience now been like connecting or re-connecting with family on the Reynolds Family page (and beyond)?
http://roanokerelatives.weebly.com/clarence-c-reynolds.html  Think about a friend or relative who passed recently or in the last year or two or who just moved far away (or is very ill), did you get a chance to tell that person that you loved him or her? Or did you miss that chance? I hope you did not miss that chance. Please don't miss this or the next chance.
 Congratulations to the entire Hylton-Joyce family for keeping the family tradition alive in 2013. This year the family reunion took place in August in Charlotte, North Carolina. The next family reunion will be in 2015 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Pictured left are cousins; Shevonne Martin, Leartis Martin and Yazmin Price. More reunion photos will be posted shortly.
This month's question: If you attended the reunion, what were one or two highlights? If you were not able to attend (KOH is guilty), do you plan to attend in 2015?  What is your family's last name (surname)? Did you know that there is an immediate way to find out how many people have your same last name in the country or world? Click the left circle or below link and then type in your last name. What will you now do with this new information? Please leave your comment(s) on this page. Thanks.
http://family-names.findthedata.org/  How old were you when you went to your first family reunion, where was it held and which branch of your family coordinated this reunion?
 Click here to listen to one of our four family conference calls that took place on Saturday, January 12, 2013. Click here.
What do you think about this or is this important? Please leave your comments here. What do you think about this or is this important? Please leave your comments here.  Is Jesus the reason for the season? Will you celebrate too commercial Christmas and very cultural Kwanzaa? Only Christmas? Only Kwanzaa? Hanukkah? Neither, none or something else? I do not see a conflict so since 1980, I have also celebrated Kwanzaa, as well as the less commercial aspects of Christmas! Since 2010, I have also started recognizing January 1st (instead of Juneteenth) as a better time to celebrate Independence Day for African-Americans. Why? Because that was the day that Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation went into effect (January 1, 1863). How about you?
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Keith Orlando Hilton, PhD
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