Family Legacy, Making Memories
Families are small components in life that make up societies. Each unique or similar in their own ways and can be traced back to hundreds or maybe even thousands of years ago.
But how are these generations and generations of tradition and culture and customs kept alive after so many years? The key to answering is being able to trace those ancestors back using a tool called a family tree.
Family trees can be used to discover Where are your family originated from, where your family migrated to, who held the power in certain households, and sometimes you biological factors that were carried on through your family.
For example if you are a twin, and your grandmother is a twin and her grandmother was a twin, you can identify this pattern by looking at your family to discover that the gene for twins gets passed down to every other generation. Or perhaps in another family, the grandfather is married to many wives and has many children just as his father did before him. This can predict some of the customs that were dominant within your family at some point in time. Family trees help tell story and preserve those stories throughout time.
To some my family tree may look very complicated but to other it may look vet short and condensed. This is because it contains the only people in my family that I have interacted with ob a regular badis throughout my life.
My mother’s family is on the left and not very extensive. Especially because we don’t particularly associate ourselves with them due to ongoing drama they have caused. Although that side of my family is actually very big, I do not know anyone else other than those included.
My father’s familt may look a little bigger only because I included some family that is not related to me by blood. My sister and I have the same father and different mothers . But because my sister and I are so close, she became my godmother. Her and my mother both got remarried and my godmother’s husband had two daughters that I consider my little sisters. They all took a part in raising me and guiding me in my life. So they are present on my tree as well.
There isnt a person who specifically cultiveates this tree. I was just never exposed to the rest of my extended family.
One pattern that I did notice is that my mom’s parents had two girls and dad’d parents had two boys so maybe that will be reflected once my cousin, siblings and I have children as another emerging pattern.
Also on my father’s side, all of the men in the family have beautiful easy to manage silky hair that none of the women were blessed with. Now don’t get me wrong, I do love my curly hair. But having their hair type whi make my mornings alot easier.
Family tress always tell a story, whether you may realize it or not. It its a tangible map of your past and can be reflected in your future as well. It is very important to understand where you came from so you can know where you’re going. And family is sacred, there to protect and guide you, so keep them close.
P.S. I inspired one my kids at my job to do a family tree too and he wanted you guys to see his too !
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