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Woman reveals the 'smoking hot men' her grandma dated in the 1940s in viral video

Kate Rafferty

A woman has gone viral on TikTok after discovering a 73-year-old scrapbook that details all the hunky men of her grandmother's 1940s dating life.

Fashion designer Lauren Semar, who goes by @laurenofpalmsprings, shared a video of the scrapbook that now has over 2.3 million views.

In the video, she takes viewers through the various "smoking hot men" her grandma appears to have dated while she was in high school.

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Lauren Semar's video has gone viral, after she revealed a list of hunky men from her grandmother's teenage dating life. TikTok / @laurenofpalmsprings

"I found my grandmother's high school scrapbook, and I would like to share with you all the extremely hot, smoking hot men — who are probably dead now — that she used to date," Semar says in the video.

She begins with a black and white picture of one of her grandma's first love interests, Jim Dobbs.

"I don't know much about him other than he was calling her 'baby'... so hello," Semar jokes.

She moves on to an old photo of U.S. Navy Sailor Doug Pounds, quipping, "I think his name says it all".

Doug is followed by the very attractive and "popular" Dave Rogers. Showing a photo of Rogers shirtless, Semar asks, "Why aren't you my grandpa, Dave Rogers? Because if you were, I would've been 18 million times hotter."

Semar then reveals a momentous time in her grandma's high school life — her senior dance. The dance, titled "The stars will remember", was held in 1948. A handwritten note inside a card her grandmother kept from the event revealed she and her date, Bob Devlin, were "in love".

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Some of the men Lauren's grandmother Mary Lee was linked to during the 1940s. TikTok / @laurenofpalmsprings

"Who's Bob? I need to know," Semar says.

Other featured men were Guy Justo, a furniture store owner, and two mystery men, one of whom was named Wayne Park and the other who lacked a name card but looked similar to Rock Hudson, according to Semar.

Semar told Fox News she was incredibly close with her grandma, Mary Lee, who would have turned 91 this year.

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"I made the video on the second anniversary of her passing," Semar said. "She was my best friend and I knew I was going to be sad that day but wanted to do something that was fun, something she would have gotten a kick out of too."

Semar, who runs her own fashion and caftan business, Lauren of Palm Springs, said her inspiration to go into fashion came from her grandma.

"My grandma was a model in her 20s and always had the most gorgeous clothes. Going through all of her old photos influenced me to start my own business of vintage-inspired clothing."

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Semar was unnable to find out the name of this man, but claimed he looked exactly like American heartthrob Rock Hudson. TikTok / @laurenofpalmsprings

Not only has Semar's video revealed some unknown facts about her grandmother, but it's also connected her to some unlikely people. She says with the video has now connected her with the granddaughter of Jim Dobbs, her grandma's first love story.

"We've decided we're honorary cousins and are planning a trip to meet up," Semar said.

TikTokers have delighted in Semar's fun throwback clip, with many also revealing close and loose connections to some of the men featured.

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"Jim Dobbs moved to Riverside. He was friends with my grandparents," a TikToker revealed.

"I had so much fun watching this, what an amazing piece of history you have," a second person commented.

A third TikTok user wrote: "I live in Bakersfield! Most of my fam attended [school there]. I will have to look through the archives!"

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Replying, Semar said: "Yes! I'm literally looking these dudes up online to see what happened to them!"

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