How many of you on here genuinely know what your background heritage is made up of...and not just "heinz 57" but actually know what your heritage is comprised of?...
And what out of that cultural mix..are you very appreciative of?
but what advantage it has??? i'll never know . all my relatives are dead except my children so i am the tree! i am the new set of roots and actually so far i am growing fruit far tastier than my predecessors did!
I have traced mine back one thousand years. I am thankful for my Indian heritage for the animal spirit, the sweat lodges, the great spirit, the great sayings like, "Don't judge a man until you have walked a mile in his moccasins. I like the English heritage for all the nobility and my Catholic heritage. 500 years of being Catholic if that don't screw you up I don't know what will, lol? My black heritage; "Just another attempt by whitey to keep the brother down". My German heritage of proud craftmanship. I am one big tangled ball like you posted. No wonder I am tied up in knots all the time, lol.
sometimes if you can find old books your family has had forever maybe bibles or something you find things you shouldnt likek names of people you never knew and thats a good place to start you can do people searches and find them on the web and ask questions
Family search dot org by the mormons is a great start. If you can get four generations back then you can ususally connect through other's work. Roots web dot com by ancestory dot com has much help. Gen trees and circles are good too. It is addictive though just want to warn. It csan be fun. Arguing about grandmothers ten generations back can get totally insane, lol.
You are welcome. It is a real struggle to learn about the maternal lineage. So many times they were just called relics. Geez, imagine having that on your tombstone. The collaboration between surnames that attach to yours helps a lot. They can become just as interesting as your own because actually they are part of your own.
I don't know my birthdad (vague memory of what he looked like), and Mom refused to keep pics, or let us in... Have no idea wether he's alive...ever tried to contact us (mom made him sign his rights over and never contact us...)
Used to want to know..not sure I really do now. Sorta feels bad when yoy have parents that can't be botherd...
and, I believe it cost quite alot to get the lineage done...?
I looked up my birth name and OMG it is so confusing! I looked up the kids names, too...in case they ever want to look..and that is a looong way back, and different areas of europe..
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And what out of that cultural mix..are you very appreciative of?