Are There Any Rats in Our Family?

Are There Any Rats in Our Family?

Yes!  Lots of them!  My brother in law is a rat.  My 2 great grandmothers are both rats!

And we have many more rats.  

Today is Chinese New Year.   It is the first day of the year of the Rat.
In China each year is associated with one of the twelve animals AND one of the five elements (a sixty-year cycle).    Wikipedia can explain.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_zodiac

People born in a given year have the personality of that year's animal.   It's a bit similar to the western zodiac (Gemini, Leo, Virgo, etc.)

Chinese Zodiac [Wilipedia]

Here are 15 notable Rats in our family! (Born in the year of the rat)

Karoline Auguste Kordesch (born 1840)

My great-great-grandmother

Josepha Mayr (born Fössleitner) born 1840

My other great-great-grandmother

Catherine Pauline Guernsey Born 1876

David Fryefield's great-grandmother

Viktor Kordesch, Jr. Born 1912

My father's half brother

Chee Ewe Hock (Fifth Uncle) 1936
Sharon's uncle

Anne Daphne Marie Böhm (born Daw) 1936

My aunt

Shirley Seok Chung Mellema (born Chee) 1948

Sharon's sister

Veronika Tan (born Beham) 1960

My 2nd cousin

Pok Yong Chee 1960

My brother in law

Nikolaus Böhm 1960

My cousin

Ching-Fung "Fen" Lim

Sharon's niece

Anette Pillau

My 2nd cousin

J Zac Stein

My Son in law

Kiara Mattei  2008

Carlos's niece

To all Rats around the world, I wish you a healthy and lucky year! 2020!