A Meeting 125 Years in the Making

My maternal grandmother was born in 1881 and her only brother, Jack, was born in 1888.  No one in Mom's family seemed to know much about Jack - except that he did exist - and here's the picture to prove it (he's the boy in this Moran family photo taken, we think, about 1905):

Fast forward to this year, in February I was contacted by a person named Sid Bishop who, with his wife Marie, was doing genealogy research into his family. He is Jack's grandson and my second cousin.  So, when I decided to visit the UK on this trip, it seemed logical to set up a meeting, hence my visit to Consett in County Durham.  Here is where I learned so much more about my mother's Moran side of the family and 125 years after Jack was born, two grandchildren of Jack and Theresa met!  As I left Consett this morning, we made a commitment to meet up again and strengthen this family connection.  On another note, Sid is an expert on guitars and writes articles on them under the name The Bishop of Denmark Street.  I'll be checking that out for sure.  Below is a picture of Sid and me taken by Marie at dinner last evening.  In the words of Sister Sledge, "We are family . . . !"