Al & Ted Matczak
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in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois United States
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Al & Ted Matczak
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Christy Matczak Boyle
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11/07/2015
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AncientFaces
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11/27/2015
What a unique photo! First photo of twins Al & Ted Matczak taken in Chicago Illinois on May 27th, 1938.
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Would be interesting to know what life was like for each of these twins being the same yet different.
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/27/2015
It was normal but extra fun. They're as much alike as they are different. Dad was an awesome man and my Uncle is still awesome.
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Sorry for your lose yet happy you have had two great men in your life what a treasure of memories.
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I just started to ask if one or both were still liviñg.
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me lo stavo chiedendo pure io....comunque è arrivato ad una età in cui la vita è stata ben vissuta ed avrà di sicuro potuto insegnare agli eredi tutto ciò che aveva imparato... R.I.P.
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Adorable. Is one white and one black, or is it just the lighting? Interesting.
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/27/2015
They are both the same race...how is that interesting??
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No obit for Al (Alexander) maybe he's still with us.
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/27/2015
My Dad passed and my Uncle is alive and kicking
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Why are the twins photo, held up like objects, not close together in love
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/27/2015
They were two months early...and that's how pictures were taken back then.
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The lighting, look at the persons arms different too.
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The babies are the same race. Lighting is different, that's all.
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/27/2015
Let me try this yet again. I'm Lynn and I'm Ted's daughter. Yes, my father has passed and someone has already linked his obit to this post. As for their life it was a normal life. They were very much alike in many ways but so different in as many ways as they were alike.
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/27/2015
As for their race...they are both of the same race. Although I don't see how that matters as there are many different shades of skin color in every ethnic group. This picture was taken just over 77 years ago and it could have been the lighting or how it was developed.
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/27/2015
My Uncle Al is still alive and still lives within the Chicagoland area.
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/27/2015
The photo was taken when they were 12 days old, they were held up because they were born two months early and were fighting to live due to low birth weights and not having the technology we have now.
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Wish the writing on the chalkboards was legible--can anyone transcribe the statistics?
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/27/2015
I can...it has baby boy 1 & 2, their birth weight, current weight, their low weight and current age.
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I don't believe they are of different races, I believe it is simply the lighting. Note the arms holding the babies up, coincidence? I think not. There appears to be one light source, most of center on the left hand side of the photo.
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thank you, Lynn Matczak-Jablonski. Why that is even brought up is beyond me, they are beautiful babies!!
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/27/2015
Thank you. They were a lot of fun to grow up with. My cousin posted to the page and for me it's just weird having people judge as my Dad never did that or brought us up like that.
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I think it's the lighting look at the persons arms and the end of the bed they are different shades but both. Babies are beautiful
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Bonnie Runyan read Ted's obit below... there's a Runyan in there.
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/27/2015
The Runyan is my sister and her husband.
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I wonder if you're related to Runyans in OK... like Bonnie Runyan!
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Yeah, I don't know either---I just included Bonnie Runyan in on the conversation.
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Ted was our neighbor in the 1970s-1980s...they are the same race, just different lighting...Ted recently passed away, Al is still living!!
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/27/2015
Please, when you comment, think of the persons family members who will see this post.
I don't understand why someone not related to us has to find them, or make assumptions about them. Try putting yourself in my place or any of my family members place and realize how weird it is having strangers check them out.
So what I'm saying is use the Thumper Rule when commenting.
I was not the one who posted the picture, just was surprised by some of the comments.
I don't understand why someone not related to us has to find them, or make assumptions about them. Try putting yourself in my place or any of my family members place and realize how weird it is having strangers check them out.
So what I'm saying is use the Thumper Rule when commenting.
I was not the one who posted the picture, just was surprised by some of the comments.
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/28/2015
Thumper Rule, please.
They were two months early...read replies to comments above.
They were two months early...read replies to comments above.
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They were preemies they are not as healthy as a full term baby. I have a son who only weighed two pounds when he was born He was frightful to look yet he looked like a cross between ET and a flying squirrel but he grew into awesome young man and he looked very unhealthy but is now 32 years old and doing great
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It is possible if one of the parents is white but probably the lighter baby would become darker ina few months .very normal.
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It's the lighting in the photo ! They are the same
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/28/2015
Please read my reply to my comments. They are both the same race...both white. It was 77 years ago and it was either the lighting or the way it was developed back then. Please, use the Thumper Rule when commenting.
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in quei anni era difficilissimo sopravvivere per i gemelli, il tuo papà e lo zio erano nati grandi, sani, bellissimi e molto robusti e come si vede sono vissuti fino a 77 anni e lo zio è ancora vivo, hanno l'età di mia madre hanno visto mille cose nella loro vita, impara ciò che puoi ancora dallo zio
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Why don't people read the previous comments to find out the story? I'm sorry for their ignorance, Lynn. Thank you for posting.
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/28/2015
My cousin posted the picture.
Thank you for saying what I wanted to say before I did.
Thank you for saying what I wanted to say before I did.
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Thank you for sharing. They are so adorable. I was able to read some of what the boards behind them say. They were 12 days old when this photo was taken.
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/28/2015
It's Baby 1 & 2; their birth weight, lowest weight, current weight and current age.
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It's a wonderful picture, an old shot probably taken by a non professional with only a harsh examination light. Any one should be able to see the lighting is not directed equally toward each baby, causing one to appear darker. I think it is pityful that some persons make insulting comments, especially a "retired teacher",supposedly educated. Of course there are all the other hateful ignorants. I'm sorry, l don't usually rant, but to be so negative and insulting over an old picture of someone's blessings is childish and shameful!
Christy Matczak Boyle
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11/28/2015
Hi! I'm the one who posted this photo of my dad, Al and his twin, Ted. I didn't realize that it would get so many comments. My poor cousin is going to have a stroke! LOL.
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/27/2016
Lol
No stroke just was shocked by some of the comments and I see that some of the original ones been deleted...but it would have been nice to be forwarned. Also it's weird that people, who don't know them, had to go find them and post information on them.
No stroke just was shocked by some of the comments and I see that some of the original ones been deleted...but it would have been nice to be forwarned. Also it's weird that people, who don't know them, had to go find them and post information on them.
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/28/2015
Thought I'd share a pic of them when they were kids.
Sharon Trujillo Mercer
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11/28/2015
Ahh they are adorable, what a blessed family. 😊
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My mom was born in Chicago on August 25th, 1925 along with her identical twin sister and they're both still kickin' it down in New Orleans at the age of 90. They may have been the only native "Yankees" in our family, but they've lived down South (like the rest of our Southern born relatives) since 1941. (y) My mom and aunt were cuter than these mugs though...O.o
Juanita Currey
18 favorites
04/17/2016
As sweet as this photo is, it also has a sense of sadness about it. It's almost as though they are being sown off as freaks! LOL So glad they survived. :)
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/27/2016
Thumper Rule...
As we, the family, get to see and read every freaky comment.
As we, the family, get to see and read every freaky comment.
Angela Walker
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05/05/2016
My parents are from Calumet City! We moved away in 1980. Did you know anyone with the last name, Cavallari? Or a Frank Galinski?
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/27/2016
Did the Galinski live on Hoxie? If so then yes...for Ted family
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All races (nationalities) did come out of one man, Adam.
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You're saying Adam was a trans man who gave birth?
Lynn Matczak-Jablonski
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11/28/2015
Thumper Rule...
That's all I have to say.
That's all I have to say.
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