Why Big Time Started Family Reunions

Big Time shares a personal story at 124:50 regarding why he decided to establish organized family reunions beginning in 2009. He explains that growing up in a large extended family across California and the southern United States made it easy for distant relatives to lose touch over the generations.

He recalls an incident at 125:05 where he and his brother encountered a woman in Los Angeles and began talking. During the conversation, they asked about her family background and discovered that her mother was his aunt, meaning they were first cousins who had never recognized each other as adults. Big Time notes that the realization came as a shock and made him aware of how disconnected family branches had become.

Following that encounter, Big Time consulted with senior family members at 127:14 and decided to coordinate a large reunion to ensure younger generations would know their extended relatives. The group agrees that maintaining family trees and active gatherings is essential for keeping communities grounded and preventing relatives from being strangers.