Why you need to know about your ancestors
This information will strengthen the community with your family and give reasons for reflection. Genealogy is important for the following reasons:
Health. It is not for nothing that doctors ask about certain medical conditions. With the example of grandparents and great-grandparents, it is easy to trace the main diseases that appear with age, and to prevent their development. As well as suggest the difficulties your children may have.
Destiny. Every person is a product of upbringing. The main patterns that define our lives are those we have adopted from our parents. Therefore, the stories of fathers and mothers about your and their childhood, values and relationships within the family will shed light on the reasons for the formation of many of your beliefs and help you find direction for changing yourself and your life for the better.
Community. The process of finding information about your roots brings you closer together. People who are aware of their commonalities are not alone. They always have brothers, sisters, nephews who are like them and can understand.
Understanding yourself and those around you. If most of your relatives on your father’s or mother’s side have a technical mindset, have worked and are working as engineers, programmers, technologists, you too may find yourself with similar abilities, start searching for priority areas for self-development, and prefer an unloved profession to the one you have always been drawn to.
Building self-esteem. This aspect is especially important for young children. They feel a much sharper sense of community and feel more confident when they have something to be proud of, when they can admire their relatives and cite them as an example. Stories about the worthy deeds of family members are very useful for the formation of the child’s personality.
Stories about the ancestors, their strengths and peculiarities of life help to better understand the world. The deeds of these people are evaluated differently, through the prism of unity. All the good and bad things about loved ones evoke more vivid emotions: pride, admiration or surprise, confusion, disappointment. The experience of someone who is related to you by blood ties has a much stronger impact on your worldview.
Knowing your blood ties is useful from a practical standpoint. Maintaining relationships with people from other cities, different professions can be a good reason and support for travel, a source of new experiences and acquaintances.
Therefore, even if you are not looking for distinguished ancestors and prefer to be proud of your own achievements, information about your family in its entirety will be useful to you.
