For many of us, it’s easy to forget that our grandparents were once young teenagers with wild and crazy dreams. Sure, color TV might not have been invented yet, but our grandparents were still hip and young and one point.
Our grandparents should be honored and respected for all they’ve been through and all they’ve done for the generations born after. Without them, well, you would be here reading this right now.
These 30 people offered their grandparents a tribute in the most incredible and beautiful way — by recreating their vintage photos.
People took creativity to the next level with this awesome project.
1. A girl and her boyfriend mimic a favorite picture of her grandparents.
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2. This beautiful girl has a resemblance to her great-grandmother back in 1918.
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3. “I turn twenty in 30 minutes. For the last hour of my teens I wanted to reproduce my favourite picture of my grandfather when he was my age studying at Hitotsubashi University.”
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Scrumtrullecent via Reddit
4. She recreated her grandma’s photo over 69 years later.
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5. She stole this adorable idea from her grandparent’s 1954 wedding.
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akaRoger via Reddit
6. Arno River, Florence, Italy. WWII, 1944 versus 2014.
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7. “My Grandma passed away and the family decided to sell the house. I found a picture of my Grandpa and me (circa 1984) in a box while cleaning and recreated it with my children.”
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stpatrick32 via Reddit
8. He tried to mimic his ultra-cool grandpa back in 1977.
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9. Same street. 82 years apart.
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10. Grandma in 1931, granddaughter in 2012. Both are 20-years-old.
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11. She and her great-grandmother are 80-years-apart in these photos.
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12. They’re definitely related.
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13. On her grandma’s 79th birthday, she recreated this adorable photo from 1949.
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14. Both Louise and her grandmother are too cute for words.
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15. She and her grandfather are both world travelers.
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the_well_redhead via Reddit
16. Can you see the similarities between Sarah and her grandmother?
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17. They got married at the same church as her grandparents.
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the_g00se14 via Reddit
18. Same place. Different decade.
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19. Grandfather, father, and son. A family of firefighters.
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20. “Apparently I bear some resemblance to my great great grandfather.”
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21. Word War II at 16 years old versus her granddaughter in 2015.
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22. I think it’s safe to say they share the same genes.
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datguynamedjoe via Reddit
23. Just one generation after another scaring the living daylight out of their wives.
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Sandite5 via Reddit
24. “Grandpa at East Base Antarctica 1940 on left. Me last week on right.”
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25. Sixty years later and he’s wearing his grandfather’s jacket.
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brosenstock via Reddit
26. “My great grandfather and I trained at the same location, exactly 100 years apart. He left for France shortly after this was taken in 1917.”
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27. Generations of graduates.
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28. Military blood seems to run in many families.
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29. It’s incredible to visit the same place as your relatives over six decades apart.
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superblinky via Reddit
30. “My grandpa was incredible. Him and I were alike in so many ways. I recreated a picture of him when he was my age.”
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By Ashley Fike
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Ashley Fike is a contributor at SBLY Media.