Things that I wish I had asked my Grandpa

1. How did your parents choose your name?
2. Where were you born?
3. Were there other family members who lived nearby?
4. Describe the house you grew up in.
5. Did you share a room with any of your siblings?
6. Which of your siblings was you closest to?
7. Describe the personalities of your family members.
8. Who was your best friend when you were a kid and what did you like to do together?
9. Describe your parents.
10. What did your father do for work?
11. What is the most important thing you learned from your parents?
12. What was your favorite toy as a child?
13. What was your favorite song and music growing up? What about now?
14. What was school like for you? What was your favorite subject? What was your worst subject?
15. What were your grandparents like?
16. What is the first memory you have?
17. Did you ever go on any family trips? What was your favorite?
18. Were you ever mentioned in a newspaper?
19. What happened on the days your children were born?
20. How did you choose the names of your children?
21. What are some silly things that my dad did when he was my age?
22. What was it like to live through major historical events like WWII? How did those events affect your family?
23. What was a favorite meal in your family? What was your favorite food growing up? Did you eat together as a family?
24. How were the holidays and birthdays celebrated in your family? Did you have any family traditions?
25. Why did you join the U.S. Navy?
26. How did you meet Grandma?
27. What did you do on dates?
28. What was it like when you proposed? How did you feel?
29. Where and when did you get married?
30. What do you remember of your wedding day?
31. What do you love most about Grandma?
32. How did you and Grandma decide to adopt your first child?
33. How did you find out that you were going to be a parent for the first time?
34. What was your fondest memory of being a parent?
35. What are you most proud of?
36. How do you want to be remembered?
37. What is something you still want to achieve in your lifetime?
38. What is the best part of being a grandparent?