My mother was an attractive lady, but like most of us she wasn't always satisfied with her looks. When my siblings and I were growing up, sometimes Mom would sit and look into the mirror and exclaim in disgust, “Just look at this nose! I look like George Washington.” In 1983, I began to research our family tree and, much to our surprise and great amusement, one of the things I soon discovered was that George Washington was a collateral relative. Recently I compared pictures of Mom and George, and Mom was right — she did have a nose somewhat similar to George's!

LORRAINE MIRACLE

Bryan, Texas