The middle head on this totem pole is my sister’s husband P. The other two are my brother’s sons. (May 2004)My nephew J strikes his most menacing pose. (May 2004)Left to right: my sister M, her friend L, M’s then-boyfriend-now-husband P, and my brother’s mother-in-law N, in the living room of my parents’ home in May of 2004.My brother J with his 5-year-old son D at my parents’ home in May of 2004My brother’s wife E with their younger son D in May of 2004My brother J, his wife E, and S in the background, at my parents’ home in Vilnius, Lithuania in May of 2004.This picture was taken moments after I met my brother for the first time after 10 years of absence (mine, that is), in May of 2004.S (left) meets my brother J (right), for the first time in May of 2004. That’s me in the background.Left to right: my brother J, his wife E, their younger son D, and my sister M in May of 2004My sister M listens to her friend L’s soon-to-be-born baby (in May of 2004). The baby made her debut a few days later.The extended family at dinnerin May of 2004