I had a wonderful day yesterday playing cards with friends, and then last night I drove into Baltimore to meet relatives I've never met.

Last year in my family history work, I discovered I had a 3rd cousin in Baltimore. He's related to me on the German side of my family, and those relatives are few and far between. Most are in Canada, Germany or Hungary I emailed him and he emailed back right away thrilled to hear from me. It was the first time either of us had made contact with cousins from this family line.

We met the next week at local winery, and have seen each other five times since. It's like we've known each other all our lives. Unfortunately he and his wife are moving back to Ohio next month, but this weekend all his grown kids came in with all their kids, and I got to meet the whole family. In one day, I met seven new relatives.