Hollis Frederick 'Fred' Kroetch, Washington 1928

Well, it may have! Full disclosure: He's my uncle and he was around 5'8" as an adult. My dad (his younger brother) was 6'2". :)

AncientFaces I read it before I commented, he's still a good sized boy for that age!

im guessing its not a real cigar, back in the day they had them made out of candy and chewing gum... I remember getting them at the barber shop

KellieAnne Smith Foreman Truthfully, I think it was a real one and his parents were just having fun dressing him up. He was the first boy (he had an older sister at that time).

AncientFaces its not real, cigars do not look like that

AncientFaces Congrats. You have adorable genes in your family!!!! :)

It hasn't had a chance to stunt his growth yet. He's only been smoking for a couple of years so far.

KellieAnne Smith Foreman Some cigars certainly looked like that. They were usually called Perfectos.

i was thinking Winston Churchill

Dan Johnson was a disgusting legacy and he was once a sweet child 🤔

Gina Marie I just made it up for fun

Dan Johnson Ive got a 9yo, who could have been that 2yo gangster. She was RUTHLESS!!!! O.O

Dan Johnson I was going to ask if this is for reals...It makes a good story how about if you write a short story

Rosanna Martinez well thank you , I've actually have written a few , also a few short screen play's , bit of a hobby , I don't really put them out on the internet anymore seeing's how I had one stolen and it was changed just enough and having no copyright on it I had no recourse when they turned it into a stage play and it became a big hit on Broadway but needless to say I have a number of friends that always tell me Dan you should write a book but I certainly do appreciate your thoughts hope you have a wonderful week and keep your eyes peeled you never know where I might pop up with some silliness

Gina Marie awww.. Sweet! Without the cig though!

Really? Do you happen to have it? That's my grandfather!

My father born 1926 in St-Tite, Quebec started smoking as a young child also . He said he would take his mothers hand rolled cigarette but she put in wood stove holes where you put that thing in to open the cast iron plates , well he would take it and smoke the rest of it in front of her and she never said no, he lived to 77 died of liver disease as he took up drinking vodka after my mom died as he cared for her when she developed Mets cancer and had a colostomy bag ! He just mourned her til his death although he moved back to Quebec bought a home across from his favorite sister but kept his home in Maine and he had many girlfriends I was happy for him because my mother made his life miserable during my growing up years as I was the 6th of 8 children ! Her mistreatment calling him every name in the book around us kids cause he had beer on his breath when he came home from work which up in face degrading him sending him to bed at 3:30 every day and then telling one of us “ go wake your father up supper is done” many times he missed supper probably to embarrassed around his children ! And he was the hardest worker of anyone I know of and she treated me and my other sister the same way like I was a w**** screwing 3 men and on the back of a 1% M/C club causing hell and havoc thru out the state of Maine !
I took my dad in during his last few yrs of life as he chose to come live with me and my husband and children and to see a deteriorated man who was so strong all his life cry cause not one of his other children would call or stop visit except my sister who was mistreated but not as bad as I was ! It killed me to see his pain as he was not the bad parent cause he never called my mother a nasty name or laid a hand on her but they all were on moms side and when he died the only thing they cared about was squeezing ever penny out of his estate and I got $3000 less along with another brother who they talked c*** behind his back ! I am glad I , my sister and my children were there to give him the life be and respect he had not gotten from my mother ! I still grieve the way my siblings and grandchildren treated him ! He died 2000 and at least he is at rest

The biggest 2 year old I've seen.

You're so right, Cathy! That is my uncle, who didn't smoke at two years of age! I guess my grandparents were just having fun! 🙂🤣 He was quite a little chunky monkey, wasn't he? Although when he was an adult, he was never, ever overweight. Unfortunately, he did take up smoking later in life and died in his 70s of lung cancer. 😢

Fred was my grandfather and I don't remember him smoking at all because he had quit before my memories of him began. Best Papa in the world.

Yeah , Amanda, he was a heavy smoker for most of his life, as was his brother, my Dad. Dad stopped when he was 52 or so - I don’t remember when uncle Fred stopped. Their father and grandfather were also heavy smokers. People who knew their grandfather said that they could still see smoke “rising from his grave” decades later - he smoked 3 packs a day! 🤣🤣🤣