twinkle in (one's) father's eye

A phrase used to describe the time before one's birth. I never knew my grandparents; they died when I was just a twinkle in my father's eye.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jurryt	-	Frisian
Seals	[si:lz]
Tilo	-	German
Aku	AH-koo	Finnish
Timo (1)	TEE-mo	Finnish, German, Dutch
Maia (3)	-	Basque