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Childhood

1. Where were you born, and what was your home like?
2. What was your favourite game as a child?
3. What chores did you have?
4. What did your family eat for a typical dinner?
5. Who was your best friend growing up?
6. What were you afraid of as a child?
7. What did you get in trouble for?
8. What was school like for you?
9. What did you want to be when you grew up?
10. What's your earliest memory?

Family history

1. What do you remember about your grandparents?
2. Where did our family come from?
3. Are there family traditions that started with you or your parents?
4. Is there a family recipe I should learn?
5. What were your parents like?
6. Are there any family stories that get told at every gathering?
7. Who in the family am I most like?
8. What's an object in your home with a story behind it?
9. What did holidays look like when you were young?
10. What's something about our family you hope never changes?

Love and marriage

1. How did you meet your husband or wife?
2. What was your first date?
3. How did you know they were the one?
4. What was your wedding day like?
5. What's the secret to staying together?
6. What did you argue about most, and how did you make up?
7. What's the most romantic thing anyone has done for you?
8. What did you learn about love that you wish you'd known sooner?

Work and life

1. What was your first job, and how much did it pay?
2. What work were you proudest of?
3. What was the hardest time in your life, and how did you get through it?
4. What world event do you remember most clearly?
5. How has the world changed most in your lifetime?
6. What was the first car you owned?
7. What's something you saved up for?
8. Where's the best place you've ever travelled?
9. What's a decision that changed your life?
10. What's something you've done that would surprise me?

Faith, wisdom and advice

1. What do you believe, and how did you come to believe it?
2. Who influenced you most?
3. What are you most grateful for?
4. What would you do differently if you could?
5. What's the best advice you were ever given?
6. What advice would you give me right now?
7. What do you want your great-grandchildren to know about you?
8. What makes a life well lived?
9. What do you hope people remember about you?
10. What's something you still want to do?

Fun ones

1. What song takes you right back?
2. What was your favourite TV show or radio programme?
3. What fashion did you love that you'd never wear now?
4. What's the funniest thing that ever happened to you?
5. What's your favourite holiday memory?
6. What's the best gift you ever got?
7. If you could relive one day, which would it be?

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