Monday Monsters...er...Munsters

I have returned from my genealogy trip to Middlesex County, Virginia, and I must say, it was a successful trip.  I will get into the details of all that was learned, but I wanted to share these two interesting photos.  While talking with my cousins and sharing photos, he shared this photo of John Aaron Jackson, Jr:

John Aaron Jackson Jr (1887-1956) is my 2nd great uncle.  My cousins showed me this photo and referred to it as "Eddie Munster".  For those not familiar with Eddie Munster, he was the son of Herman Munster on the 1960's television show The Munsters.  Eddie Munster is the boy in the following photo.  No doubt, there is a resemblance.  But that isn't really the funny/creepy point of this post.

Last summer, my husband, son and I participated in our town's annual cabaret production.  The production was a celebration of the town's pool turning 50 years old and featured people portraying 1960's era television programs.  I was (of course) Velma from Scooby Doo.  My husband portrayed Herman Munster and my son, you guessed it, was Eddie.

Seeing the photos side by side was a bit uncanny, but what a thrill to have both photos for future generations!