A simple way to preserve family history by labeling and identifying people in old photographs Meet Jewel (a.k.a. Momoo) My paternal grandmother’s name was Jewel, and she had a few quirks that really bugged my mother—her daughter-in-law—who was the only child of a military officer father and a strict, proper German mother. When my older brother was 3 or so, he started calling Grandma Jewel “Momoo,” a variation of the ever-popular “Meemaw.” My mother was irritated that Momoo occasionally gave...

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