My Family Genogram Essay

Researching my family genogram helped me explore the genealogy of my family and the traditions and medical and mental health patterns of behaviors that exist in my family.
The genogram of my paternal side of the family, starts with my great, great, great grandfather, Benedicto Pereira, who had been a slave in Brazil. Around 1860 Benedicto became a free man and immigrated to Lagos, Nigeria to settle and raise a family. He had 17 children, one of which was Victoria, my great grandmother. Victoria married a man with the last name Quimbra and gave birth to five daughters, the youngest of which was my grandmother Hilaria Pereira. Hilaria married Mr. Fabiyi (first name unknown), when she was about 15 years old. Papa Fabiyi as he was also called was abusive and married to or had multiple concubines, and approximately 20 or more children. Shortly after my father, Akinyele Fabiyi, was born, Hilaria returned to her family compound to live. My father lived with both of his parents at different points in his life. He had a close relationship with the three of his sibling’s on Papa Fabiyi’s side, his brothers Tunji, Femi, and a younger sister, Idowu. My grandmother also had another son, about 12 years after my father was born, Ade. My father and Ade were very close despite the age difference.
When my father graduated from

According to my aunt, Vera, the three brothers were often drunk either at a relative’s house or on the street. It is possible that their behavior was based on the relationship of the brothers or a shared experience. My grandmother Elsie did not drink and neither did my grandfather Elroy. I had one cousin, Gail, who was addicted to heroin during college. She later went into recovery and continue to be drug free up until her death from