I don't like funerals, but I go because family is important, even distant relatives of whom I have limited memories of. My grandmother's sister, Sophia, passed away this week. I rarely have the chance to get together let alone hear from that side of my family, so it was nice go and see them and to learn that two of my mother's cousins have daughter's expecting babies in October, that one of these expectant cousins recently moved back to pgh with her husband and that the other has the same birthday as me. Sophia's obituary has provided me with a lot of information for my genealogy project. Proper spellings of surnames and the full names of my grandmother's numerous siblings. The cousin who recently moved back here is also working on a genealogy of this part of the family, perhaps she and I can share some of our information at some point.