those ears

This is my son Sam's right ear. The other one is basically the same. As you can see, they are slightly pointed.
At first I thought it was a sign he must have some elven ancestors on his mother's side (there certainly aren't any elves in my family tree), but one of my sisters reminded me that hobbits have slightly pointed ears. Hobbit ancestry makes more sense, for both sides of his family tree. So now my sister's family calls him Samwise.
When I talk about my boy's pointy ears, some people think I'm being negative, or complaining, and they try to tell me they aren't really that pointy, or that he'll grow out of it. I think his ears are cool. I wish I had slightly pointy ears. I hope he never grows out of them.