Sorry I missed your reply!Thank you for your kind words! I know how fortunate I am to have these things. I look at the portraits every day on my wall and I wonder what their lives were like. Such a fascinating topic!
I think there's something so very special about portraits, in your case especially, with them being family. They are these moments in time of lives long gone. It's a privilege of sorts to be their 'caretaker' and storekeeper.
There was a fantastic exhibition at The Met for portraits, I wish I could have gone.