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grandparents meet
my mother's parents met for the first time, my grandmother was just 14 years old and my grandfather was already 21. -
the matchmaking
my father's mother didn't actually choose to get married with my grandpa, their parents introduced them and then they decided to go ahead with the wedding in 1968 -
their wedding
they got married 7 years later and stayed together for 49 years -
my father's birth
my father was born on July 16th, 1973 in Athens but he grew in Rethymno until his 8th birthday when he moved to Athens with his aunt -
my mother's birth
my mother was born on June 24th, 1976 in Athens where she lived until she got married -
first meeting
my parents first met at my aunt's house (my mother's sister) who was married to my father's cousin -
first date
they met each other again at my cousin's baptism where my father asked my mother out -
long distance relationship
my mum lived in Athens and my dad in Rethymno but they decided to guve it a try -
wedding
they made it work, my mum moved to Crete and they got married in 2001 -
my birth
3 years later I was born in Rethymno -
my sister's birth
three years after my birth, my sister was born
