Adding deceased relatives to photos

I think it up to each individual to deal with awful grief of losing a baby in their own way.

It’s not for me, the babies in some of the photos are very very pale, sometimes with blue lips and I’m afraid it’s all too much for me.

But whatever gets these families through this terrible grief.

I once worked with a family who had a massive family canvas with their still born baby right in the middle, I’m sorry to admit it gave me the creeps.

Mmm just seen the date of OP, why and how do these pop up?

I have a friend who is all in favour of doing this. They had a family wedding and had their father 'added'. I thought it a bit strange really. I would have displayed a nice photo of the dad alongside a wedding photo.

Photographing a still born child - yes of course I fully understand that. However adding decreased relatives to a family photograph is not for me.
I have photographs of family members taken when they were here with us and that is enough for me. Having said that it is a very personal issue and if adding a deceased member of the family to a photograph brings peace then why not ?

What people do is up to them, but it changes your family history and could be very confusing for the generations to come who inherit your family photographs. You'd perhaps encounter conversations like ' so and so died in 19**, how are they in that photograph all these years later?' It's not something I would do, a person has their place in history.

I had a stillborn son, he was washed,dressed and stunningly beautiful. I can still see that beautiful face, I did not want a photograph and still would not, I would find it uncomfortable.

rafichagran You do have a picture. It is in your heart for ever.

rafichagran

I had a stillborn son, he was washed,dressed and stunningly beautiful. I can still see that beautiful face, I did not want a photograph and still would not, I would find it uncomfortable.

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In the mid 19th century there was a fashion for (very recently) deceased people to be dressed and posed with family members for one last picture www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36389581

We have a photo of my father, his siblings and their mother and in the background, on the wall, is a photo of their deceased father. I find it quite sweet that they wanted to include him in the photo.

Thankyou loveocc and Cossy