My Genogram Essay

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Lessons learned from my genogram Some of the things that I have learned from my genogram are that you do not want to do this for kicks and giggles. You want to have a purpose to find out about your ancestors. I also noticed that I had family that lost children when they were young and also as a young adult. I also noticed that most of my aunts and uncles were sealed in the temple after they were married civilly. I have felt that my extended family was not as active as I think that they should have. I also learned that I do not know most of my cousins. I was imputing a lot of 1930’s and even some in 20’s as their birth date. I also felt that I could not organize my genogram in a way that someone looking at it would understand who was on first and what was on second. I did not realize how many cousins. In some way it blow my mind away. How could you have so many people that you love and want for …show more content…

My dad was number 7 in the pecking line of his family and mom was number 8 in her pecking line. They were the first ones to be married in the temple and then their younger siblings did the same thing. I remember going to some of my aunts and uncles and asking them if they would like to come to the temple with me and they told me no. Yet on the other side of the coin I felt differently when I saw my aunt in the temple and feeling wonderful when I saw her serving as an ordinance worker. The ones that were active in the church I feel that I was closest to. I know that may sound funny. I have many cousins that are active in the church and I think that is one way that you can see the fruits of you aunt and uncle labor. I know that it was not easy for them. My mom and dad was active in the church but, my older siblings would tell me of how they would go out to dinner on Sunday. When I came around they did not do that. Something changed in my mom and dad’s

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