I have webbed feet, as do a couple of my brothers. I got them from my mom and she got them from her dad, who got them from his mother, Lula (Williams) Rennie. When I was a kid, my swimming ability was said to be due only to the fact that I had webbed feet. In celebratory victory parties, my brother's and I would do the "Dance of the Webbed Footed Heaths." While I took the jibing in fun, I am told my Grandpa Rennie didn't enjoy any of the teasing he received. Local folk would say he had emerged from the marshes as if he were something lower on the evolutionary scale. I have found though that everyone has some inherited physical trait that they are not pleased with, such as curly, coarse hair, a big nose, height or lack of, and numerous other features.

When I look at the photographs submitted for The Family Album, I am constantly