4/1/2005
By Maureen A. Taylor
Take time to identify family portraits, and you'll reap unlimited rewards.

Gena Graddy thinks these two portraits depict the same branch of her family. The photographs came from her great-aunt Grover Taylor, the young woman with the braid in the front row of the top portrait. Unfortunately, Taylor didn't caption her pictures, so it's unclear if the subjects of these images match up. To find out, Graddy must rely on photographic clues and genealogical details. You can follow the same process to solve your own group-portrait predicaments.