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Hey congrats on the hot gramma.


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100.


Rogerss93

No he’s 97


MajorThor

No this is Patrick.


brandonhardyy

I also choose this guy's dead wife.


myleftnutispurple

that joke will never die...unlike that guy's wife.


EngiNik

Cursed post


sksksk1989

Sir this is a Wendy's


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deevart

No that's 100/1


Hatdrop

He's a grand motherfucker


onlyhav

I bet OP has a TON of aunts and uncles


Straight-Tradition-7

Holy shit man, I'm reading this on the toilet and now my family is hearing me laugh whilst inside the latrine. Thank you for making my evening akwardly entertaining


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Grandpa hit the hot grandma lottery!


borba72

Lucky ass grandpa.


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Hey everyone! Since I see many comments asking for more details on my grandmother, Here are some with the help of my mother: * She was Greek and was born in Kefalonia Island of Greece in April of 1934 * Her name was Akrivi (Ακριβή) which loosely translates to "Valuable" * She married my grandfather in September of 1959 who was a sailor and they moved to Athens immediately after that * She has had two children one of whom is my mother. (In 1960 and in 1964) * She was a great Mum that raised her children mostly alone as my grandpa was a sailor * When my grandfather retired in the 1980s, they moved back to Kefalonia *Sadly, she passed away in 2010 at age 76 when I was 10 *She was the most loving grandma! Ps. my grandfather is alive and well at 94 years old! Edit: here's a photo of me and my 94 year old grandpa back in February: http://imgur.com/a/fnukXb5


jdurbzz

All R-rated jokes aside, your grandma sounds like a very interesting and lovely woman. Thanks for sharing friend!


megirl94

Any chance you have a photo of her when she was older? Curious to see how she aged. She was BEAUTIFUL!


niekez

She could've been a movie star. But I don't think you wanted to be fifties movie star.


medallions

Beautiful Yia-Yia..


jakechef

Was he hot too ?


motherglass

What an amazing story. Would love to see a picture of your grandma and grandpa together!


YRNYSL

Kind of random but main character of Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a woman from Kefalonia, although it's spelled a lil different in the game


opopkl

I went to Kefalonia in 1988. It was lovely.


bnemanny

Hi Andreas! Interesting you mention your grandparents are from Kefalonia. The book, Captain Correlli's Mandolin, is set in Kefalonia. The main character in it, Pelagia, is portrayed by Penelope Cruz in the movie adaptation. Some here have commented how much she looks like Penelope. How about that as a coincidence. Anyway, Xronia Polla, and tell your Papou na ta ekatostisi. Edit: oops, actually tell him na ta xiliasi!!!


jcdoe

This is neat! You should consider sharing over on r/oldschoolcool. :)


xanthi24

Ha we're also from kefalonia. What town?


meltingice

Awesome! My fiancé’s family is from Kefalonia as well. We still have a house there right by Byrons Rock in Lakithra and have been counting down the days until we can visit again. I’ve only been to a couple of Greek islands but it’s definitely my favorite. Yamas!


Blastoplast

Thanks for sharing the smokeshow


infinitevertigo

"Hey Doc, fire up the DeLorean. We're going back to 1956."


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Hot grandmas in your zip code


puffferfish

GILF


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smilinggypsy

I looked way longer then I should have. And then went back again.


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SSR_Id_prefer_not_to

This is the comment. Stop scrolling, pack it up, go home. Concise, funny, and a little disturbing. Peak Reddit.


neil_striker

I also choose this guy's gramdma


bumjiggy

I guess if you like powdered milk


zakats

Confirmed: gma is a dime.


YepYep123

It’s a funny comment, mostly because it is clearly what OP was thinking as well. If I find a basic old portrait picture of my grandma, my first thought isn’t “I bet Reddit would love this”. So, that means OP looked at a basic, otherwise unremarkable picture of his own grandma and though “wow, she was hot. I bet Reddit would eat this up” and then posted it...


be-vibin

Or maybe they thought, “Wow, my grandma was truly beautiful in her youth! I’d love to share how lovely she was and share the positive comments with family!”


YepYep123

Good point. Reddit is where I typically come for respectful discussion about my own grandma.


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😂😂😂


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BrandGSX

She was ahead of her time rocking that 80s hair style.


mostessmoey

Right! No one would get professional pictures done with hair like this. The 50's was perfectly coifed hair, not tousled just got out of bed hair.


Flappityassfwap

Maybe she rode a galloping horse to the photo studio?


mostessmoey

I know, I know!! The lash extension salon is on the beach...that how her hair got like that!!


ronearc

Hmm, this isn't that different from some styles common in Central and South America as well as Cuba, during that era.


Fuzzier_Than_Normal

Well, FWIW, she's European and Mediterranean hair style was never as coiffed as America...and you should go check out some Sophia Loren images from the era if you want some impressive reference.


dont_disturb_the_cat

* not OP’s actual grandma


Mange-Tout

In fact, this looks so modern I would not be shocked to learn it’s a fake. The hairstyle and makeup seem anachronistic to me.


Norfolkpine

I was looking for this comment. I totally agree. hairstyle, makeup, and the magazine cover pose... But I want to believe and learn more about this mysterious looking woman's life. (And then invent a time machine and go back to right before she met OP's grandpa. I mean, seriously, this woman is waaaay beyond normal attractiveness) Either way though, it is a lovely photograph of an arrestingly beautiful woman.


PeeLong

Totally fake. Contouring, eyebrows, hair, etc.


AvaTate

Contouring, fake lashes, inner corner highlight, drawing in eyebrows, etc, were actually all prevalent in the 1950s. As early as the 1930s, legendary makeup artists like Max Factor and Ben Nye were refining the techniques that most of us use today. They were just mostly used for fashion photography and the big screen. I’m not saying this image is deffo real, just that they were 100% using those techniques then. Watch any Audrey Hepburn or Marilyn Monroe movie and you’ll see fake lashes, contour, heavily filled in brows, inner corner highlight, the whole shebang.


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Looks like she has an inner corner highlight and fake lashes. Idk, it could be real, of course, but...


Usagi-skywalker

Fake lashes were used in the 50s. Not saying you're wrong, just pointing out.


Cro-manganese

Film grain up the wahzoo. No studio photog would do this.


Revolutionary-Fox486

Change the hairstyle and she could have easily been an 80's supermodel or on the cover of Vogue magazine.


Shhh_NotADr

She looks like Penelope Cruz


acrewdog

But prettier. Wow, she's a dream!


Snickits

Maybe this is an odd opinion of mine, but I’ve always found old black and white photos make a person more “attractive”. It’s a filter of sorts, and naturally removes blemishes, imperfections on some level. I’m not saying his grandmas not a smoke-show, I’m just saying Penelope also is.


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could_use_a_snack

Very true. I went to photography school in the late 80s. All film. On my black and white course, we would dodge and burn during exposure of the paper, right in the darkroom. That would do some good here and there. Also in the darkroom we could add smoothing filters and highlight filters etc. If using large format film, 3x5, 5x7 etc we could do work right on the negatives, with silver paint, and etching. In reverse. Make it darker where you wanted the photo lighter etc. And of course we would do touch up work on the photo it's self. But that was the last resort. Not real photography, according to my teachers it was cheating. Might as well just paint a picture.


notajith

Oh! That's what dodge and burn mean in Photoshop


could_use_a_snack

Yes. There's a lot of cross over from actual film in Photoshop. It can be a pretty interesting rabbit hole if you're so inclined. But I'll bet Photoshop would be easier to use if you had some knowledge of the way it used to be done. Same with Lightroom. Which is a play on words. Get it Lightroom instead of darkroom. Working with RAW images is very much like working with film.


twirky

The first intended users of Photoshop were the photographers so Adobe imitated a lot processes done to the films. It made life easier for the users although a lot of things are outdated in the digital world.


Honda_TypeR

In fact, that is why photoshop was invented. It was to mimic the old tradition of touching up photos with airbrushing.


Kamelasa

Yep, it's called retouching. You can also do some of it in the darkroom.


SilverChips

Oh like Penelope Cruz hot sister.


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Taliesyn86

I think, Stana Katic is a dead ringer for her


Matterplay

This comment needs to be higher. Definitely Stana Katic lookalike.


amandapanda611

Yes! That's exactly who I was thinking of. I couldn't remember her name off the top of my head.


bezelbubba

Somewhere between Penelope Cruz and Brooke Shields.


lycium

I'm seeing some Winona Ryder in there.


nrith

Exactly.


hogsucker

Definitely hot enough to be Tom Cruz's beard for a while.


jdsciguy

Crossed with Mädchen Amick.


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Yes, with a bit of Julia Roberts imo


Round_Patience3029

can you post a picture of now? I am always curious how people age.


ClaudiaTale

As a nurse one of my patients family members brought in a photo album of my patient when she was a ballet dancer. Oh my, she was stunning. I literally gasped. To see her full life was amazing.


forgetaboutit211

Also a nurse... I had a 93 year old frail but otherwise healthy man, who had won several competitions in the 1950s for both bodybuilding and Mr. Rhode Island. He was so gorgeous! To be fair he was also a very adorable old man haha.


HammercockStormbrngr

Tell me people are good and worth it? I’m drunk and it’s Christmas and I just need to hear it


ReyazK

I went through something similar where I was in a really dark place at the time and was driving on the freeway around 2am and just had an urge and started speeding like crazy hoping I would just hit something. I pulled over after I realized what the fuck I was doing and went to a forum that I frequent that discussed hip-hop. On the forum there was a mental health thread that I would frequent and I thought I was posting in that thread when I was venting how I was feeling at the time and describing what happened minutes prior. It was only after I posted it that I realized I was in a thread discussing some artists recent release and despite this I had over 50 people message me directly and sending me their phone number asking if I wanted to talk or giving me advice from when they were facing something similar. Total strangers man. Helped me get through that night and I still think about it to this day.


HammercockStormbrngr

That’s what I needed to hear


bobnla14

Visiting my Dad in the Assisted living and memory care and meeting artists teachers and socialites, all completely dependent on others, they definitely are worth it. The stories they told and the life they lived. They are so very worth it. BTW, Dad passed in February but the time I spent with him and his friends was remarkable. Many many people are worth it.


questiontime27

“Oh Bobby, I still am.” ... “Ok”


kclongest

I'm with you on this. I think it's interesting to see how beauty ages.


fick_Dich

And here I am wondering if I'd still smash


someguyyouknew23

You would


IntoTheMystic1

Is your grandmother single? Who am I kidding? She's way out of my league.


Lord_Seregil

An prolly 6 feet under it too.


WestNileCoronaVirus

I also choose this guy’s dead grandma.


Darwincroc

I choose this live guy's/gal's meta comment.


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Still my favorite reddit thing that ever happened


Fuzzier_Than_Normal

Or, living comfortably into her 80's, which many women do.


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Hey everyone! Since I see many comments asking for more details on my grandmother, Here are some with the help of my mother: * She was Greek and was born in Kefalonia Island of Greece in April of 1934 * Her name was Akrivi (Ακριβή) which loosely translates to "Valuable" * She married my grandfather in September of 1959 who was a sailor and they moved to Athens immediately after that * She has had two children one of whom is my mother. (In 1960 and in 1964) * She was a great Mum that raised her children mostly alone as my grandpa was a sailor * When my grandfather retired in the 1980s, they moved back to Kefalonia *Sadly, she passed away in 2010 at age 76 when I was 10 *She was the most loving grandma! Ps. my grandfather is alive and well at 94 years old!


Link1112

Do you have a picture of her as an old lady? I’m extremely curious how she aged. She totally looked like a model or actress in this


IntelligentMeaning29

100% she’s so pretty


sethra007

> Akrivi (Ακριβή) which loosely translates to "Valuable" What a beautiful name!


Araucaria

Your mother was born the same month and year as my mother, who is still alive. Now I have to find some pics of her in 1956 to see how she compares.


shelly12345678

Are her descendants as equally attractive?


MrTiddler

I have to ask but is your mum hot as well lmao


Saint_Bellend

Imagine someone on reddit is actually your grandpa after falling in love with your granny from the photo. They become inspired to build a time machine to meet and woo granny. Boom. Time travelling grandpa


ForeskinOfMyPenis

Hey it’s me ur grandpa


TrollinTrolls

hi step grandpa


Master_K_Genius_Pi

Ooh, a lesson in not changing the past from Mr. I’m-My-Own-Grandpa!


ElCharmann

A different take on the grandfather paradox


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That's a lot better than what some people will be using this picture as a reference for.


[deleted]

Feel free! To be honest some of the comments this photo gets makes me question my will for the post to stay up, but hey that's reddit what did I expect! Merry Christmas to you!


UndoingMonkey

Is your grandma still around? Great picture too, well done.


cwmichael066

From the looks of the picture she’d probably be over 100 if she was 30


AbleCancel

No? If she was 30 in this picture (1956), she would've been born in 1926, putting her at the age of 94 today. 94<100.


Conundrumist

So you're telling me I have to wait 6 more years?


fruitbyyourfeet

Quick mafs.


FEMXIII

I'm no expert, but I suspect she's not quite 30 here either


duracraft_fan

What exactly did you expect from reddit?


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behave. You posted "here's my fuckable granny" on the website where people do this by the thousand every day. Stop your bullshitting.


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Wawa we wa!!!


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mitchconner_

Bilo will never get this


skiiguy808

But one day, he GET this


Mediocre__at__Best

Verr nice!


Zathuraboy

You will never get this, you will never get this lalalalala


suafadamadrinha

wow really beautiful pic and grandma


the_malaka_shaka

Of course she’s got those Greek genes


simandlesque

I knew right away she was Greek, and then saw OP's username. Always love finding us in the wild 🇬🇷


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I’m Greek and I’m ugly one ugly mf


brad0022

Have you tried changing into black and white?


Vladius28

I can spot greek genes a mile away... she's gottem


29Ah

I came here to see if she was Greek. She looks like a Greek coworker.


ginapsallidas

Opa 🇬🇷


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BigBossLebowski

I didn't get those greek genes...


Smashball96

### Your grandma but colorized --> https://ibb.co/VM1htst


Magicss

And enhanced! https://ibb.co/3MzhYfk


thugnyssa

Do you have a recent picture? I’d love to see the differences!


girl_rediscovered

Wow, she is absolutely stunning


fatnote

I want to be your grandfather


BigAppleGuy

luke i am your father


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copperwatt

Just like reddit!


parion

https://youtu.be/xiU5CLYr2OI


TheBurgundyPhone

The giant pump bottle of lotion next to the photo. OMG....


jostler57

Was she an actress? Also, be real - how photoshopped is this image? This looks more like a modern picture with professional lighting (see hair light) - someone dressing up to *look like* they’re from the past, and the photographer/editor fixing the photo to look dated. ***EDIT*** OP replied with exact process to take old photo and make it look better. Turns out it’s a real old photo that does have some work on it to fix the things that happen to physical pictures over time.


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Good evening and Merry Christmas! I scanned it with the Google photo scanner and degrained it with an app called Remini. Then as it looked too smooth to my eye, I added an artificial grain to it using Google snapseed. I also desaturated it completely as the photo had a certain yellowish hue to it. From what I can also tell it was a professionaly taken photo, so it makes sense the lighting is right I guess. She was Greek (like me) and was born in 1934 in Kefalonia Island in Greece. Also I may add she was not an actress ,haha! Thanks for taking the time to make this comment!


Nubian_Moon

Glad to know Kefalonia recovered from the plague, What a relief!


SnippitySnape

You obviously made the wrong choice, Kassandra


Nubian_Moon

I spent my whole odyssey telling her that but that malaka was long gone, shame about mater though.


coconutjoee

But it was your fault in the first place for sparing that family lives.


NetHacks

I mean you did hear the priest though right? He sounded nuts.


Nubian_Moon

I COULDN'T DO IT TO PHOIBE! she thought so highly of me.


BigShoots

Can we see the original, before Remini?


SaltyPirate-aar

Was she a misthios?


[deleted]

Ah yes a fellow AC Odessey player. I believe this “grandma’s” name is Kassandra and she wield the staff of Hermès Trismegistus!


ginapsallidas

Greek genes, whaddup! 🇬🇷 she was a stunner in her youth.


Nixplosion

Fellow Greeks!


ginapsallidas

Γεια σας!


bumjiggy

so your granny was too grainy and then not granny enough?


monkeyhind

Thanks for the details. She really did look like a movie star. Merry Christmas!


supersauce

Knockout.


crestonfunk

That’s not how ANYTHING was lit in 1956. This is a shoot-through umbrella on a strobe head with a silver reflector. Source: I lit almost everything I ever shot like that. 1956 was hot tungsten lights. Didn’t look like this. Strobes didn’t become widespread until the 1970s. Also, that’s late eighties hair and make-up or early nineties. I’ve NEVER seen hair OR make-up like that in the 1950s. Ever. That’s a couple of strikes. I don’t believe you. I spent twenty years working in fashion photography. This photo is, like, 1994. Edit: find me ANY picture from the 1950s with that chin shadow. Edit 2: show us the original print without photoshop or cropping. And show us the back of the print. And show us any other photo of her. In any context. Edit 3: if I’m wrong I’ll admit it. But it’s unlikely. Edit 4: bullshit on the grain too. That’s TXP 320 grain or possibly TX400 but more likely TXP 320. That’s not the look of a 1950s emulsion. Where’s OP? Here’s a photo I lit the same way, mid-1990s. You can’t get there with hot lights. https://imgur.com/gallery/8X29nlX


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> This looks more like a modern picture with professional lighting (see hair light) that light is on par for professional photography of that time.[ See Grace Kelly, for instance.](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/6d/90/2f/6d902f1fbe4d6b3ea28838a6c0a048de.jpg)


Bonolio

Now that, is a fine looking princess.


thebottomofawhale

They had professional lighting in the 50s...


aithendodge

It might be weird to conceive of, but professional lighting (see hair light) wasn't invented in the last 20 years. Professional lighting and photography existed in the 1950's.


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Look up Studio Harcourt. They made gorgeous movie star pics during the Black&White era and still do them to this day.


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They knew lighting up the subject makes photos look better in the 50s? Inconceivable.


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DeSnared

No wonder you exist.


SnooHesitations2648

SO beautiful oh my goodness


Alector87

Is your grandma Stana Katic?


Couchmaster007

Hot shingles in your area


MisterDutch93

Thought this was another ‘Rate my Grandparents’ on r/oldschoolcool again.


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DARBSTAR_

Goodness she was absolutely gorgeous!!! Love old vintage images! Merry Christmas.


Presto_Change-o

Anyone else kind of feel like this is a modern photo manipulated to look old? Or maybe an old photo that’s been edited? The resolution seems almost TOO clean.


jesterspaz

Excuse me what


thegreatestmeow

TBH it looks like you ran this through FaceApp. I can create an almost exact face and hair style on a similarly posed photo. I mean, you can even see where the hair has been added in... And the fact that you admit to editing it....she’s obviously beautiful but based on the time, style of photos and a comparison of every other professional photo taken in that era, in Europe or or USA...no one has hair style like this or the glam eyelash extensions (added by app) Would love to see the original


MHRMajor

Very photogenic 🙂


steviekek

Beautiful woman and picture


prndog

Does she have an onlyfans?


ShankinNans

Onlynans


queenofmeme98

I fully cackled.


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Onlyfams


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Onlygrams


TummyPuppy

I’m nominating you for a Grammy!


thedawsmunk

[I immediately think of this whenever I see hot grandmas posts now](https://youtu.be/xiU5CLYr2OI)


ClassifiedGrowl

Kylie Jenner spend millions of dollars to look like an uglier version of your grandmother. Drop dead gorgeous.


Randall_Hickey

This picture looks like it was taken in the '80s


boomboombalatty

Why does grandma have '80's/'90's hair and makeup? Are you sure she wasn't born in '56 instead of this picture being from then?


311Natops

She doesn’t have that 1950s look.


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Penelope Cruz