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A genetic family history assessment contains information about family structure and relationships. A typical nurse will use a three-generation family pedigree to gather the information. By doing so, nurses can be aware of which family members are at risk for disorders from a genetic component. Therefore, they can be provided with lifestyle advice, recommendations, and referrals to appropriate specialists (Kaakinen, Coehlo, Steele, Tabacco & Hanson, 2015). A genetic family history assessment will be provided about my family.
A pedigree, which is also called a genealogy, can be formally defined as “a group of individuals together with a full specification of all the relationships among them” (Thompson, 1986). Pedigrees can be shown graphically. One example of a pedigree is shown in Figure 2.3. By convention we use a square to denote a male and a circle to denote a female. Horizontal lines below couples are used to represent marriages. Parents and their children are linked through vertical lines. The individuals who are in the same level in the pedigree are in the same generation, often denoted by Roman numerals. Each person in each generation is labelled by Arabic numbers. Individuals with data e.g. those who are affected by a disease, are shown by shading. By
We all have family, we all have traditions. Some families really take traditions seriously and other families don't put a lot of pressure on it. If you don’t like the traditions that your family has then you shouldn’t be forced to follow it. No one's life should be based on traditions. In the novel Like Water for Chocolate, written by Laura Esquivel Tita wants to get married but her mother won’t allow her to marry anyone because Tita must take care of her until she dies.
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History is a vast collection of stories and perspectives from the beginning of time to the present day. Many people have only cursory knowledge of history and some of its important turning points. Few people stop to think about the experiences of those who lived through that history and what it must have been like during that time. Even fewer may be aware that they may have ancestors who were a part of that history. Through the combined methods of formal genealogy and historical research it is possible to see one’s own past come alive. This paper examines the ancestry of the 21st century history student ad uncovers the connections to past events in North American history.
The word family in the 21st Century has a much different meaning no than it did even 20 or 30 years ago. While the image of a family in the past was that of a nuclear family: a father, mother , children and maybe a pet or two, this image has dramatically changed in a variety of ways. Your view may vary somewhat depending on your cultural practices, for instance it is common in the Hispanic and some Asian cultures to have three generations in one home. These families choose to care for their aging parents rather than to move them into an assisted living or skilled nursing facility. However, all of humankind has a similar view of what a family system is and what its functions should be.
Q1: Hominidae is a family, which included great apes and humans. All members are mostly larger compared to earlier primate species. Their key features included long arms, short legs, no tail, five fingers and five toes, opposable thumbs and big toes. They mostly lived on the ground and could stand up on two legs. The difference between Hominins and Honindae group is that Hominids consists of extinct Great Apes, including modern humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and their ancestors. Hominin however, consisted of modern humans, extinct species of human and immediate ancestors including those members of genus Homo.
Events happen throughout every family’s life, from family members brawling in historical battles, to the gaining of one’s cultural identity, the reciting of family stories, and the handing down of a descendant’s precious heirloom. I have been told many stories about my family, and my culture through my eighteen years of life. My family has also preserved a few pieces of our legacy to hand down from generation to generation.
In this genogram reflection, I discuss the ongoing issue of trust between my parents and me. In distinguishing between my parent's view and my own, my purpose is to highlight my experiences of the family issue. I will explore how my family trust issues impact my personal and professional life. The reflection is structured as follows. After providing a contextual summary of my experience, I will examine how trust issues facilitate and impede my clinical work. Trusting my parents is one of my most difficult struggles in life. I do not trust my parents because of past abuse, manipulation, and disregard for my feelings. I have only revealed my mother's illness to three people in my life. In the interest of providing adequate family context, I will reveal my mother's borderline personality
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Unresolved family-of-origin issues can affect the current lives and relationships of individuals without their conscious awareness (Goldenberg & Goldenberg, 2013, p. 182). One task of a mental health counselor is to help his or her client discover these hidden unresolved conflicts in the context of the client’s family history (p. 186). If the counselor has not gained a sufficient understanding of his or her own unresolved conflicts, he or she might be unable to deal effectively with moments of countertransference (p. 174). Clark (cited in Goldenberg & Goldenberg, 2013) found that “emotional self-awareness and attunement with others” contributed to a counselor’s resilience, positive outlook, and ability to avoid professional burnout (p. 11). To achieve this goal of self-awareness, my journey to become a counselor includes the tasks of understanding and healing my own unresolved family-of-origin conflicts, so that I can be fully present with my clients, and able to deal effectively with countertransference when it comes up. This paper combines concepts from various family-of-origin theories to help me explore my emotionally distant relationship with my older sister, Patty.
My family is from Mecklenburg County which is located near the southern tip of Virginia and we are of African American descent. Although our family line has some Cherokee Indian in it, we identify most as Black. Being from the south, I was raised with a Baptist based background and learned to always treat people as I would want to be treated regardless of how different they were. As a kid, we attended Sunday School and Worship every Sunday and Bible Study once during the week. When I got older, my family allowed me the opportunity to explore and determine which religion I identified most with, and it still remains as Baptist. My knowledge of my culture goes back as far as my great grandmother who was a mid-wife and delivered all the children in my family and in the community where she lived. My grandfather joined the Navy at a young age and fought in Pearl Harbor dung World War II. After serving our country he returned to Virginia to work as a farmer on our family’s land. He even assisted other local farmers. My grandmother was a housekeeper for most of her young adult life. She became a housewife raising seven kids. Our choice of food is called soul-food, which is a variety of comfort-food (that sticks to your soul) such as
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The idea of family is different from person to person. Regardless of the differences, everyone’s family is unique and special in their own way. No one can judge or discriminate against people for their meaning and interpretation of what a family looks like. For example, family may have two parents; one parent; or no parents (since these are brief phrases, semi-colons shouldn't be used). The variation and differences between families makes culture and society so diverse. Family does not have limitations or boundaries (true). As long as the definition of family contains the qualities of unconditional love, and endless support, help, and guidance; all different families (awk) will be able to succeed and achieve a greater feeling of happiness and a sense of belonging and acceptance.
My paternal family is 100 percent Italian. They embody many stereotypes you hear about Italians. They are extremely loud, they talk with their hands, and I have not been to a single family event where there has not been pasta, fish, or some antipasto. Moving to America when you have all of these traditions at home may seem crazy, but that’s exactly what my family did. My father is the first in his family to be born in the United States. He was born in 1959. My Aunt Angie, Uncle Dom, nonna (Ninetta), nonno (Giuseppe), and their aunts, uncles, parents were all born in Italy.