Family history is so much more than names on a pedigree chart. It is the art of finding people; human beings who once lived beautiful or not-so-beautiful lives, and then died, leaving their stories for others to find. Family history is beautiful because it connects loved ones to relatives and helps connect missing pieces in people’s life puzzles. If we never sought out our family history, we would be surprised by genetic illnesses, traits, and personalities and would have to live our lives constantly fighting to find out why we are the way we are. Because of family history we are able to relate to those that have passed, and find out why we are the way we are. Why would we want to live our lives suffering (or even loving) something if we could just turn to our heritage to find the answer? Family history isn’t just words on a page, it is the telling of stories of people like us.
