A genogram as used in psychology a way to map out family relationship, and learn more about how family members interact with one another. Creating a genogram was not easy since I had to ask my mother a lot of questions about her family and this gave me the opportunity to discover certain things about our family which I had idea existed further the reason for the emergence of conflict. The conflict that I witnessed especially due to disagreements between family members all because of polygamy present in our home. Doing this genogram, I did not only become aware of the conflict but also the traits lineage that my family members share, which help me more to discover more about myself and explain certain things to me. To complete this project, I informally interviewed my mother, aunt, and step- grandmother for most of the questions that …show more content…
While marking this genogram, it becomes more apparent that the central conflict exists between the women in my family mainly, both of my grandmothers have problems, because they share everything and each of them has their house separately but in a big lot where two house can sit in and every property is shared equally. I believe that especially on my mother’s side the women are more demanding and have a bigger say on everything because they are the first born in the family. After my grandfather had died (1929- 1979) the conflicts escalated especially between my grandmother and step grandmother’s sibling about frivolous things probably stemming from the issue that caused the loss of my grandfather. After a couple of years, my grandmothers traveled to the United States to visit my mother who gave birth to the two of my siblings. She stayed for couple years and before getting and in the end resulting in her death. She was born on 1936 and passed on in
She has many horrific stories of World War II that affected her life forever and her parents were a big impact as well, which really surprised me. Her parents had one goal for her and it was for her to become a teacher. Luckily she liked it and became the teacher she wanted to be now. Not many struggles were given to my grandmother other than tragic events as she was raised by two wealthy parents who truly cared about her. Silvana Giono is my inspiration and as she taught me, I will never give up on anything. Being able to interview her, I have learned that I need to become a better person and work harder for what I really want. This has a big impact on me because I will try even harder for things I really want and will always try my best from now on. I am very glad I was assigned this project, as I feel that I have turned into a better
“In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, and bridge to our future” (Haley*). In the genogram presented, I was able to identify many characteristics, traits, behaviors, individual psychological features and even secrets about my family. My genogram is composed of 4 generations, beginning with grandparents from both sides, the middle sections of the genogram include my mother and father’s brothers and sisters, the second to last layer is their children, which is me and my cousins, and ending the genogram are the newborn babies that my cousins Talibah Alfred, and Mashay Hackshaw will be having February 2017 .
The older adult interviewed for the purpose of this assignment was Alice Margaret Cox, the interviewers grandmother. Alice was born on February 17th, 1932 in Brown County, Minnesota. Alice was the daughter of Rose Veldman and had three brothers and three sisters. In 1942, Hikel Veldman, after marrying Rose, legally adopted Alice and her six siblings. He brought four children of his own, making a family of 13. After the family was adopted, the majority of their childhood to early adult life was spent living in Hollandale, Minnesota. Alice spent the majority of her life farming and now helps out part time at a family owned thrift store. Alice currently resides in Lake City Minnesota, in her home of twenty plus years. Only four of the eleven
The most influential person in my genogram was my maternal grandfather. He had a strong personality and was very respected by all members of the family. He ruled with an iron fist and everyone had to obey. My family was set up similar to that of a hierarchy. He also gave all the grandsons a Korean
After completing my family genogram, I was able to notice the history of a couple of patterns of fusion in particular. One of the relational patterns that stood out was emotional abuse which for the sake of this assignment I have only traced it back three generations, starting with my paternal grandfather Marciano, who endured the aftermath of the WWII and who conceived out of wedlock (COW) from Spanish and Mestizo parents and who married a woman Fidelina, of Chinese and Indian origin, born in El Salvador like him. Based on anecdotal accounts, Marciano was particularly emotionally abusive towards Rosa, my mother, who is also the first born of the couple and COW. Marciano had very high standards of beauty and intellect, which often triggered name calling, insults, and other forms of humiliation aimed towards my mother, causing her to feel belittled and resent his treatment towards her.
The three generation genogram has made common diseases present on both the sides of the family more apparent. As stated by Calzone et al. (2013), the use of genomes by healthcare professionals can help to improve the identification of at risk individuals, screening and diagnosis, treatment options and ultimately improves patient outcomes. The genogram illustrates grandparents, their children, and ends with my sister and I. Aunts and uncles were included to emphasize the prevalence of disease seen within the family. My grandparent on my mother’s side of the family lived their entire lives in Barbados. My grandfather was a painter and my grandmother was a home health aide. While my grandfather died due to heart disease, he was also known to be
"A family is a small social group of people related by ancestry or affection, who share common values and goals, who may live together in the same dwelling, and who may participate in the bearing and raising of children. They have a physical or emotional connection with each other that is ongoing" (Vissing, 2011) and is the foundation of all societies. They can be formed by a grouping of father-mother-children or even more complicated combination of relatives. In the primary stage of family life in the United States, everyone from every generation lived together in one house. Subsequently, the idea of traditional family evolved and a married couple with children is at present, often called the traditional family. There are many types of families; however, this paper will focus on the traditional family. It will describe how the functionalist perspective, conflict perspective, and the interactionism theory apply to the sociological institution known as a family. It will explain some of the similarities and differences between the sociological theories in regards to families and how they affect the family members.
Creating my personal genogram was a valuable experience for me. By mapping out my family’s structure, and considering the dynamics of the relationships therein, I am able to see how each member of my immediate family took on specific roles and that addictions are present on both sides of my family. My paternal grandmother, Ginny, was an alcoholic and passed this trait to my father. My mother demonstrated signs of substance abuse through smoking and drinking, and both parents passed these to my sister and me: Whitney struggled with various addictions, the most severe of which was methamphetamine and I have had an ongoing struggle with smoking and past experiences with anorexia.
For my oral history I decided to interview my mother. My mom’s life is filled with so many interesting stories and they always take me to another place. I chose her because I wanted to more, I wanted to see if my mother was more like me when I was younger. Mother was a straight A student in high school and involved in many clubs. She was born and bred in Cleveland, she grew up in a different and exciting time; it was the eighties. Here is my mom in not so many words :
I began my genogram with my immediate family. Currently living at home is my father, my mother, and myself. My sister is away attending college at Ball State University and fairly often comes home to spend a weekend or holiday with us at home. From there, my father’s side of the family is fairly simple. His parents were not previously married before each other. They had three boys of which he was the eldest. One of the brothers married and had three boys of his own, while the other brother is cohabitating with his male partner. My mother’s side of the family was a bit more complex to genogram. She was previously married twice before my father, but with no children from either of those marriages. She has a brother who was married, but
In my family, the current family dynamics are influenced by events that occurred so long ago that many younger family members are disconnected from and have no knowledge about. It demonstrates that a family can experience tension and conflict regularly, yet every member may not understand the reasons. Furthermore, beliefs and unresolved emotional conflict can affect generations of families. This complexity of family conflict emphasizes that interventions sometimes require exploring the past, revisiting conflict, and discussing difficult
Since I only included the direct line from my grandparents to me, I left out my aunts, uncles and cousins. In a more complex genogram it would be logical to include those members and the varying “interactional” symbols that define the relationship. For example, the ex-husband of my aunt on my
My father’s family was different in the males were very dominant. The women were influential while holding down the home front as the men provided a
Family is the primary social group that we acquire our beliefs, norms, and values. A person’s family helps them gain a better understanding of their identity as well as provide individuals with a sense of belonging. From a sociological perspective, family is defined as a social group whose members are bound by legal, biological, or emotional ties, or combination of all three. Our idea of what constitutes as a family varies due to our race, class status, ethnicity, and religion. Religion plays a vital role in how individuals structure their families. Religion is a cultural system of commonly shared beliefs and rituals that provides a sense of ultimate meaning and purpose by creating an idea of reality that is sacred, all-encompassing, and supernatural.
My maternal grandmother is lonely from not having a spouse’s accompaniment for so long, so my mother makes an effort to visit her as much as possible. In order to mend the fused-hostility my paternal relationships have, I believe that I should calmly discuss both sides of their argument before they keep on exploding at each other without realizing what they are arguing against each other about. Most of their arguments can be easily resolved if they only settled down and calmly and respectfully talked to each