What's the saying? Something doesn't fall far from the tree? Here's my cousin Mike Mongeau, one of Izzy's sons, with his sons, Nick, on your left, and Sam, on your right. Yes that's right. There are at least two Sam Mongeaus walking the planet.

There was a day when Mongeau men did all they could to save their hair. My mom told me stories about how Ming, Izzy's wife and Nick and Sam's grandmother, would give Izzy regular shampoos with some kind of tar-based elixer to save his head of hair. It worked. Izzy kept a full head of hair. Nick and Sam prefer the shaved head look, which exposes the full Mongeau noggin. Not a bad choice by the boys, right?

Mike shows much Mongeau, too. Especially on the golf course. I played golf with Mike awhile back. My heart raced when I looked at him across on of the greens and thought for a quick minute that I was looking at his dad. He looks just like him. He sounds just like him. What we all wouldn't give to play a couple more rounds with our dads and uncles.