Wow! That's just plain gorgeous. Maybe someday, when I'm old... Oh, wait, I am old now! Anyway...
I just have to say this: I am certain that I am the only Finescale forum member, certainly the only Canadian-American of British descent, who can truthfully say that I am a relative by marriage to Mitsuo Fuchida, the leader of the Japanese Navy's attack on Pearl Harbor. Seriously. If my family were to have an reunion of my (and if Fuchida were still alive) he would be not be out of place, although he might not be welcomed by everyone, especially my Uncle Phil, who spent three years in the South Pacific during the Second World War.
This is how Fuchida and I came to be members of the same extended family: Fuchida had a daughter, Miyako. Following the Second World War, Miyako travelled to the United States to attend the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. While attending school she met Harrison James Overturf, a U.S. Marine. They were married in 1963.
Harrison James Overturf was the grandson of Harley James Overturf, a brother of George Edwin Overturf, the paternal grandfather of my wife, Susan Overturf Ingraham. Those two branches of the Overturfs had had a falling out in the 1930s when Susan’s grandfather begrudgingly loaned money to Harley and scolded him for not paying better attention to his financial affairs; the money was repaid, but they never spoke again. The families only reconnected when my wife's Aunt Sue saw an article about Miyako in a San Francisco newspaper. At that time (three or four years ago), Miyako was still living in San Francisco.
Bob