I'm a genealogist and believe learning about your roots is truly important but making a family tree an assignment in school is not the place to do it. I worked with children in foster care and who were adopted for decades and this assignment in school and having to present it, invariably caused additional trauma and pain for them.
Very good insight, thank you for sharing. Also, recent immigrants, particularly from countries that do not keep reliable records, might not have access to records to complete a family history going back generations.
Thankfully my son has never had to do this as he is adopted. He will tell you his adoptive family is his family. He loves the more I dig on my paternal side. I grew up with an Italian last name, great grandfather came from Italy. My DNA shows no Italian in me. I think I’m more confused than my son. I’m also stuck at when my great grandfather came to America. I have not been able to trace his parents 😢
I thank God my daughter never had to do this as she is an adoptee. Her birth other was a drug addict. Most of my daughter’s heath and emotional problems came from her birth mother’s use of illegal drugs.
Family history is amazing. I am 77 and knew my great grandfather 1865 and his wife my great grandmother 1873 when I was young. These were on my mother's side. I have known people from the 1800's, the 1900's and the 2000's.
Wow John, that is amazing! What wonderful memories you must have from knowing family members from three centuries and listening to their life experiences. Thanks for sharing!
I'm a genealogist and believe learning about your roots is truly important but making a family tree an assignment in school is not the place to do it. I worked with children in foster care and who were adopted for decades and this assignment in school and having to present it, invariably caused additional trauma and pain for them.
Very good insight, thank you for sharing. Also, recent immigrants, particularly from countries that do not keep reliable records, might not have access to records to complete a family history going back generations.
@@shadowguard3578 So true!
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Thankfully my son has never had to do this as he is adopted. He will tell you his adoptive family is his family. He loves the more I dig on my paternal side.
I grew up with an Italian last name, great grandfather came from Italy. My DNA shows no Italian in me. I think I’m more confused than my son. I’m also stuck at when my great grandfather came to America. I have not been able to trace his parents 😢
I thank God my daughter never had to do this as she is an adoptee. Her birth other was a drug addict. Most of my daughter’s heath and emotional problems came from her birth mother’s use of illegal drugs.
On the second reveal, how can a person die in 1943 and the child is born in 1946?😮😅
Her great-grandfather died in 1943, her father (his grandson) was born in 1946.
Ancestry really needs the ability to merge 2 seperate trees when a pair gets married and have children.
Mayflower was 1620, not 1602. My 10x gr-grandfather was William Brewster, leader of the Pilgrims.
The first story has a pop-up leaf, that has the mayflower date as 1602. Clearly a typo, 1620.
Family history is amazing. I am 77 and knew my great grandfather 1865 and his wife my great grandmother 1873 when I was young. These were on my mother's side. I have known people from the 1800's, the 1900's and the 2000's.
Wow John, that is amazing! What wonderful memories you must have from knowing family members from three centuries and listening to their life experiences. Thanks for sharing!
@@AncestryUS yes, knowing people from 3 centuries is great, but it makes me feel like an antique...
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Who’s excited for Ancestry’s price hikes?!?
Boring...
Yeah you are.