![My Scottish Ancestors: Animated!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e88eb932343bc6ad6ee26b7/1615761772031-S9UONW2HL6CM2QR49GKM/mitchells_portrait%2Brgb.jpg)
My Scottish Ancestors: Animated!
I colourized this 1875 photograph of my great-great-great grandmother and her family in Inverness, Scotland in 2020; and recently brought these figures to life through animation…
![The Mitchell Family, circa 1870s](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e88eb932343bc6ad6ee26b7/1593384124296-89I8IF91NQLH7UJUXT88/thumb.png)
The Mitchell Family, circa 1870s
I have coloured and re-coloured this family portrait several times, as I learned new techniques to apply to my projects. This photo of my Scottish ancestors was taken in Inverness, Scotland in the 1870s
![Scottish ladies on Vancouver Island](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e88eb932343bc6ad6ee26b7/1593298590760-1CI33A0UOGB5AJZFDR0Q/thumb.png)
Scottish ladies on Vancouver Island
Here’s another multi-generational photo from my family history collection. As I coloured this photo of my Scottish ancestors, I tried to put myself in the shoes of my great-grandmother Christine (the youngest).
![Ann Collie (nee Rose), 1828-1917](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e88eb932343bc6ad6ee26b7/1593296827601-IF6I88W08OBBZF8UODPA/thumb.png)
Ann Collie (nee Rose), 1828-1917
This photo of my great-great-great-grandmother Ann Rose in the 1850s is the oldest photo in my collection. Several photos of Ann show her reading - perhaps an inclination towards books and reading is in my DNA?
![Four generations of my Scottish ancestors](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e88eb932343bc6ad6ee26b7/1593292800205-K0636ZDN1JLTXUEHI692/THUMB.png)
Four generations of my Scottish ancestors
My great grandmother Christine Procter (nee Mitchell) with her first-born child Dorothy, my 2X great-grandmother Sarah Mitchell (nee Collie)…