SLATON, Texas — The Kitten family traditionally had a big family reunion every five years, but for 2025, 82 members of the family decided to go to Germany where their family tree started. It all began with Henry Kitten moving from Germany to Slaton in 1912 and then having 12 children. Most of those 12 children stayed in the West Texas area.
“At the last family reunion, we decided that since there’s so many more people now and so many more generations that have really moved all over the country, we wanted to do something, offer something other than just coming to Slaton,” Leslie Kitten said.
Tune into KLBK News at 6 p.m. to see what the Kittens did on their trip to learn about their family heritage…