Here are pictures of Hetty van de Rijt and her husband Frans X. Plooij plus a picture of Frans holding their third grandchild: Sarah Plas.

Unfortunately, Hetty contracted a rare tropical disease during the original field research in Tanzania in 1971-72 and following a long, brave battle with the disease, she passed away in 2003. For more, see Introduction.

	Above: Frans X. Plooij late 2006. Left: Hetty van de Rijt and Frans X. Plooij. Photo by Johan Jacobs De Standaard Magazine, 1994.
	Left: Frans X. Plooij with granddaugher Sarah, age three months Photo by Bionda Heeringa 2009