The idea of gathering together all of one's family members at a central place and at a given time emerged as a popular American pastime in the 1960s, although family reunions had been held in the United States since the 1880s. Throughout the...

Often an annual event, a family reunion takes place on a specified day each year for the purpose of keeping an extended family closer together. Some reunions may be held less often. A typical family reunion will assemble the survivors of grandparents,...

For 10 years, Hazel Rathbun preferred to do everything for her husband's family reunions. She would buy the snacks, take T-shirt orders, find economical lodging and even write out 250 name tags. It started when her husband, Frank, became interested in genealogy and...

LAURA KNOWLES WHEN LOCAL PAINT restorer Peter Deen set to work on three carved cigar store Indians, he never expected to be part of a family reunion. "When I realized I had two sisters by the same carver, I was amazed," says Deen, who...

AFTER THE WEDDINGRunning time 120 minutesDirected by Suzanne BierWritten by Suzanne Bier and Anders Thomas JensenStarring Mads Mikkelsen, Rolf Lassgård, Christian Tafdrup, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Stine Fischer Christensen Susanne Bier’s After the Wedding, from a screenplay by Anders Thomas Jensen, based on a story by...

Jaida Goree had just started to drift off to sleep Monday morning when she heard noises coming from the tour bus she was sharing with dozens of relatives returning from a family reunion in New York."It sounded like a popping noise and then it sounded...