Selective Ancestry

[Taliah]

At least some of you know bits of your heritage. Mine are guesses until I can get some credible family tree's from one of my grandparents. I think there's a book that outlined my paternal family tree, but it floated around at a family reunion when I was younger and didn't care about that yet.
My maternal is under dispute. Supposed Irish somewhere in the mix, but after that, it's up for grabs.

Is Ancestry.com really as good as it says?  

[Shearaha]

I just like that fact that my maiden name is one that my paternal grandfather picked, randomly. He was never adopted and spent his childhood in orphanages and foster homes.  

[Fiddlers Green]

I have a deep affection for certain parts of my ancestry.
So much heroism... and a time fragment of what made them, their genetic soup as it were, is a part of me...
I'm ashamed actually. I don't feel I've lived up to the great example of some of my illustrious forbearers. I shall be one of the countless persons that are forgotten, nothing more than a name in some family album, no stories, no songs.
But I have time to change that, to make the ancestors who have made themselves known to me proud. To validate their line and be a credit to my cultural community, whichever may claim me. In the end, it is they who must call me one of them, I cannot name myself so, even I do not possess such pride.  

[TeaDidikai]

saint dreya

TeaDidikai

My cousin had a child before I did. It's actually a small point of sorrow really.

If it's not too much prying, why?

My cousin is younger than I am. I've been trying off and on (more on than off) for years to have a child.

It's likely that my child may not have a chance to know any of it's great grandparents.  

[saint dreya]

TeaDidikai

saint dreya

TeaDidikai

My cousin had a child before I did. It's actually a small point of sorrow really.

If it's not too much prying, why?

My cousin is younger than I am. I've been trying off and on (more on than off) for years to have a child.

It's likely that my child may not have a chance to know any of it's great grandparents.

(((huggles)))

All three of my female cousins have significant others (only one not married) and children. One is 2 years older than me, the other two are 2 and 5 years younger.

I can't help but feel a little lost and lacking.  

[TeaDidikai]

saint dreya

TeaDidikai

saint dreya

TeaDidikai

My cousin had a child before I did. It's actually a small point of sorrow really.

If it's not too much prying, why?

My cousin is younger than I am. I've been trying off and on (more on than off) for years to have a child.

It's likely that my child may not have a chance to know any of it's great grandparents.

(((huggles)))

All three of my female cousins have significant others (only one not married) and children. One is 2 years older than me, the other two are 2 and 5 years younger.

I can't help but feel a little lost and lacking.

For me it's less about lost and lacking and more about frustration.

I'm about to reconsider medical treatments.  

[Gho the Girl]

I don't really have a great connection with my ancestors. Technically, I'm not Irish, so there's a whole community of people who I'm disconnected from (and to be honest, I, as a child, was more obstinantly interested in my Scottish heritage) and none beyond the ancestors who lived during my life have ever really touched or reached out to me.

I'm finding that being a knight of service for God is enough of a burden. sweatdrop  

[TeaDidikai]

Gho the Girl

I don't really have a great connection with my ancestors. Technically, I'm not Irish, so there's a whole community of people who I'm disconnected from (and to be honest, I, as a child, was more obstinantly interested in my Scottish heritage) and none beyond the ancestors who lived during my life have ever really touched or reached out to me.

I'm finding that being a knight of service for God is enough of a burden. sweatdrop

But then you get into the whole "Cloud of Witnesses" and the definition of the Church (uppercase C and all). wink