Stages of Life
This stage comes between toddler and teenager
Child
This means you look exactly like a family member
"the spitting image of"
To care for or raise a child
"bring up"
This person grew up in Cuba and came to the USA in 1962, after fleeing from Fidel Castro's regime
The opposite of "pass away"
be born
Another word for an old person (often used in Britain)
OAP
This means a trait or habit is common in the family
"it runs in the family"
To resemble a family member in personality
"take after"
This ancestor on my mom's side came from what country around 1850 and then faught in the American Civil War on the side of the Union?
Ireland
Two people who aregue all the time are like...
The stage of life when you're around 40-60 years old
Middle Age
This means you do the same job or follow the same path as a parent
"follow in someone's footsteps"
To have a romantic relationship with
"go out with"
This person was a first generation American citizen, meaning his parents were immigrants, and his first language was German.
My grandfather (my mom's dad)
The verb form of "a child becomes a teenager" (HINT: phrasal verb)
"grow up"
The very first stage of life
Infancy
"like chalk and cheese"
To look or act like someone older you admire
"look up to"
This person came from Zamora, Spain and moved to Cuba around 1913. He was the last relative to leave Spain (of my family).
What is my great-grandfather (dad's grandfather)
This means to begin to love someone romantically (HINT: phrasal verb)
"fall in love"
The stage most people begin working full-time and possibly marry
Adulthood
A way to say someone is very young or the youngest in the family
"the baby of the family"
A polite way to say someone died
"pass away"
This person was the older sister of my grandfather (on my mom's side) and taught him how to speak English (because they only spoke German at home). She died young of cancer. I honored her when I named my daughter after her (variation on her name).
Julia Leisz
The term for someone who's no longer working
Retired