The family tree was still sitting there, tempting Jeff into changing a few more things. Sure, changing his father had been a drastic change, he should have known that with how much he looked like his previous father. Even now the memories were telling him he had a better relationship with this father than he did before. That's when his eyes settled on the picture of his mother's father. He knew his mother didn't have a good relationship with him, in this reality or the other, and while he approved of her husband before, Elias did not enjoy the same approval. As a result he wasn't fond of his grandchildren, Jeff and his two siblings. His grandmother was great, but the man was an ass.
And changing him shouldn't have nearly the same affect on him, but it would his mother. And maybe the whole family dynamic would be better in the end.
He knew he had to be down in ten minutes or his father would, well, not kick his ass (much as Elias could do so) but definitely not be pleased. He moused over his grandfather and clicked, highlighting the portrait, though it wasn't of his grandfather as he knew him, but a man in his prime. Blond haired and blue eyed, with a sour expression, rail thin and just average looking. Maybe that's why he approved of Jeff's original father, the two were so much alike. A few options appeared beneath the portrait: ALTER, REPLACE, and CREATE. Replacing him seemed the way to go right now. Altering and creating would take to much time. As he hovered over replace a tool tip showed up, "Change node with another historically possible individual for the linked partner." He clicked and a bunch of portraits appeared in a large window next to that of his grandfather, the text at the top said: "Possible partners for Johnson, Ramona." Where these all the men his grandmother could have ended up with?
As he hovered over each portrait, a close up portrait and full body image of the individual appearing as the cursor lingered. He was glad the program seemed to show them in their prime rather than their current ages. Judging by the info he could see on each, the youngest was in his late sixties with the oldest in the eighties, but each appeared as a man in his late twenties or early thirties. And even though there was a limited selection, it provided quite a range, there were even a few options for men of other races. He browsed his options and clicked on..