I thought I'd just spend a little time last night researching my past history. I kind of got a bit more involved than I expected. I couldn't believe how much information was available (and how much more I need to go through!)
I followed my father's family down to the first two people from our family who came over from Europe. It was kind of an interesting journey to watch unfold. First, I saw the information on my immediate family. Then went back a bit, and found connections to cousins, second-cousins, etc. In this area, I still had some familiarity with most of the connections, and knew some of the names - a great aunt or great uncle, who I remembered from childhood.
Then I went back further - all the way to the early 18th century. And an amazing thing happened when I tried to do a search that would take me one generation further - I found a long list of people doing the exact same thing - searching for more information on our ancestors. It was as if I had opened the door to a huge family reunion and met blood relatives I had never known existed before.
And all of us were here, searching for our roots.One of us will, eventually, go to Europe and search some more. I just wonder if it will be me.
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