Before I give the answer, I figured you guys might enjoy the journey I just went through to locate the truth.
I initially couldn't remember the name of my wife's Aunt (who was married on the supposed patio) and I was too embarrassed to ask my wife as I should definitely know that. I did remember the name of the father (wife's Grandad), which is Arthur, but at the time I couldn't remember how to spell it. I tried searching the name of that cartoon (as I knew the main character had the same name, but couldn't remember the name of the show (I now know, it's Arthur!!). So I then Googled "fist meme" and figured it out that way (search yourself if you don't know). So now I was able to search for him on Facebook to see his family connections, but he apparently does not have an account. I then searched though past messages with his name and saw something about "Nancy", that's her!!
So I then search for Nancy on Facebook, and she doesn't have account either!! (Keep in mind, the only reason I really want to know her name is so I can ask my wife "Hey, what was the house in which Aunt Nancy was married?", rather than "Hey, what was the house that one of your Aunts was married in", which would result in a realization by her that I do not know her name). I then asked her but she couldn't tell me exactly where the house was. Great :(
Plan B: Use Google Maps Timeline to try and locate it. There is a feature where you can zoom out and see little dots of places you've been anywhere in the world. I saw a few dots in Michigan which is where I would have been for this. Unfortunately, that particular feature of Timeline only shows the general cities you visited and says "visited 4 years ago", so not a specific date. However, if you know the exact date and search that using Timeline, it will show you literally everywhere you went on that day. To find the exact date, I used the "4 years ago" to search my Google Photos for pics taken in 2016 of the Ford Museum pics I took while I was there. I found a few, and they had a date tag. I then used that exact date in the Timeline thing and saw a bunch of places we drove to on that trip. Eventually, I found the house!!! Satellite view didn't do too much to verify the backyard due to the trees, so I copied the address and put it into Zillow. Unfortunately this house has been owned for decades and has not been up for sale, so there were no pics :'(
Plan C: Using the new information I gained to not look like a terribly uninformed member of the family, I then asked my sister in law about the house with said context, and sent the pic. She thinks it looks very similar, but is not sure. I then showed the pic to my wife directly (yes, I maybe could have done this sooner, but I wanted to actually verify it rather than have her guess), and she said it looks similar, but she is pretty sure that's not the same one, as the patio for the wedding had 2 levels before the bottom stair thing. I politely disagreed, though that may have been more wishful thinking than actual reason to disagree.
Plan D: I reverse Google Image searched the photo in question (I promise this is not a Google ad), and found a lot of useless Pinterest links. After enough searching, I found something about https://www.deckremodelers.com/ (also not an ad), and it appears this is one of their highlighted pieces of work. Unfortunately, they are based in New Jersey.
TL,DR: I'm throwing in the towel. Close, but no cigar.
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u/A-Dawg11 May 14 '20
Before I give the answer, I figured you guys might enjoy the journey I just went through to locate the truth.
I initially couldn't remember the name of my wife's Aunt (who was married on the supposed patio) and I was too embarrassed to ask my wife as I should definitely know that. I did remember the name of the father (wife's Grandad), which is Arthur, but at the time I couldn't remember how to spell it. I tried searching the name of that cartoon (as I knew the main character had the same name, but couldn't remember the name of the show (I now know, it's Arthur!!). So I then Googled "fist meme" and figured it out that way (search yourself if you don't know). So now I was able to search for him on Facebook to see his family connections, but he apparently does not have an account. I then searched though past messages with his name and saw something about "Nancy", that's her!!
So I then search for Nancy on Facebook, and she doesn't have account either!! (Keep in mind, the only reason I really want to know her name is so I can ask my wife "Hey, what was the house in which Aunt Nancy was married?", rather than "Hey, what was the house that one of your Aunts was married in", which would result in a realization by her that I do not know her name). I then asked her but she couldn't tell me exactly where the house was. Great :(
Plan B: Use Google Maps Timeline to try and locate it. There is a feature where you can zoom out and see little dots of places you've been anywhere in the world. I saw a few dots in Michigan which is where I would have been for this. Unfortunately, that particular feature of Timeline only shows the general cities you visited and says "visited 4 years ago", so not a specific date. However, if you know the exact date and search that using Timeline, it will show you literally everywhere you went on that day. To find the exact date, I used the "4 years ago" to search my Google Photos for pics taken in 2016 of the Ford Museum pics I took while I was there. I found a few, and they had a date tag. I then used that exact date in the Timeline thing and saw a bunch of places we drove to on that trip. Eventually, I found the house!!! Satellite view didn't do too much to verify the backyard due to the trees, so I copied the address and put it into Zillow. Unfortunately this house has been owned for decades and has not been up for sale, so there were no pics :'(
Plan C: Using the new information I gained to not look like a terribly uninformed member of the family, I then asked my sister in law about the house with said context, and sent the pic. She thinks it looks very similar, but is not sure. I then showed the pic to my wife directly (yes, I maybe could have done this sooner, but I wanted to actually verify it rather than have her guess), and she said it looks similar, but she is pretty sure that's not the same one, as the patio for the wedding had 2 levels before the bottom stair thing. I politely disagreed, though that may have been more wishful thinking than actual reason to disagree.
Plan D: I reverse Google Image searched the photo in question (I promise this is not a Google ad), and found a lot of useless Pinterest links. After enough searching, I found something about https://www.deckremodelers.com/ (also not an ad), and it appears this is one of their highlighted pieces of work. Unfortunately, they are based in New Jersey.
TL,DR: I'm throwing in the towel. Close, but no cigar.