Part of the family archive – the correspondence of Nikandrov Nikolay and Shicheva Lilia during Nikolai's service in the Morflot (1962–1966) – is considered in the article from the perspective of how the dynamics of identification models is reflected in the autobiographical Self-narrative. It is revealed that certain models are significant for each of the young people in a certain period. For Lilia – gender identity, for Nicholas – professional. Young people are united by game practice, which allows them to master a new type of relationship – family. It is proved that the construction of identity has a continuous character.