My Family History

As a child, I never realized the obstacles my family went through and why they wanted me to be the best student at the school. My parents tried their best in sheltering me from the truth but I always knew we were struggling financially. Growing up, I witnessed my parents struggle to find jobs and a stable house

The word family has changed so much in the past century. A family back in the 1950’s was probably considered a husband, wife, and one or more children. Times have changed and families have become much different. The Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others book defines family as a, “Unit made up of any number of persons who live in relationship with one another over time in a common living space who are usually, but not always, united by marriage and kinship” (Beebe, Beebe & Redmond, 243). Families can be broken up into five different types. The first is the traditional family, which includes a mother, father, and their biological children. Next, is the blended family which includes

There are a number of pros and cons that come with therapists taking a detailed family history. An advantage in taking a full family history is that it allows therapists to help their clients learn from their family history by developing a healthy perspective on their past. Instructing the clients to reflect on their past can help them come to terms and provide a sense of comfort in facing their past. Another reason is that it helps the therapist gain a fuller understanding of the family. Getting full details of family history is important to understand the past events that have occurred. Here the therapist may have plans for the family 's treatment for therapy and therapeutic goals each member can obtain. Asking the right questions


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My grandmother as a child lived in a small town in Nigeria. She is the only female child of her parents and unfortunately, she lived in the uncivilized era. Before my grandmother was born, her father borrowed some money from an uneducated rich landlord and, unfortunately, could not pay back so he used his daughter as collateral. She was betrothed to a man twenty years older than her. By the age of ten, she was married off and she lived with her husband and his two older wives. She did not get to enjoy her childhood days. She did not get to play with any dolls and she did not get to have a tea party with her fellow ten-year-olds. My grandmother was not

My heritage is engrained in the hearts of my ancestors who came to America many years ago. They came from their home countries to live a better life in the new world. It was a new experience that millions of new immigrants felt, however, each experience is different on a personal level for each immigrant. This is the story of my ancestors.

History isn’t always the glamorous and fast paced events like war, but sometimes it's just explaining things the average Joe might experience during his time on the Earth. This paper will not have any war or conflicts that are life or death for the delicate system of a community, but it's history nonetheless. The History of my family and how it connects to bring us decades later to where we are today.

Based on my own ancestry, I believe that I have 90% to have diabetes Type II because my mom, my grandmother, all my aunts from my mother side, and even my cousin, that is only 16 years old, have diabetes Type II. I have too much possibilities that I can have diabetes Type II when I get older because in my own ancestry, just from my maternal side, almost everybody has diabetes Type II.

Me and my brother Silas were born a year apart . He was born in 1956 and I in 1957. Our families history is a dark past , where evil flows through our blood. They were all devil worshipers ,that went back to the 1800s till now. My family was known as scratchers back in the day , nickname for what they were . They would worship animals , then blend in with the outside world , in order to survive . They would let one woman conceive as many babies as they wished , in order to keep the bloodline and tradition going. The active worshipers would eventually get caught or die alone , keeping the bloodline going would make their work never end. By the time me and my brother Silas were brought into the world , the tradition was still going , but it wasn't a demanding ritual like in the past .

Most people take pride in being able to explain where their families originally immigrated from, and the location in which they first settled here. I’ve enjoyed hearing many stories from my friends, in addition to reading about the people in our textbook (Healey & O'Brien, 2015). I believe that family history and tradition help shape who you are as a person. I wish that I was able to have a connection of any kind to my past generations. The term that best describes my upbringing is “latchkey kid”, although my parent wasn’t at work, he was always out drinking. I never had the opportunity to hear about our family history; I don’t even

I have a family tree with branches by the dozens. I have grandpas. I have grandmas. I have uncles, aunts, and cousins. When it’s reunion time, no matter what the weather, it is such a happy day, when the family gets together. Moses 6:5-8 and again in verse 46 "This history of the dealings of God with his people and the experiences they had constitutes our present scripture. It is nothing more or less than sacred family history. Because it was written under the influence of the Spirit of the Holy Ghost, it became scripture" (Theodore M. Burton, "The Inspiration of a Family Record," Ensign, Jan. 1977, 17). President Spencer W. Kimball said: "I urge all of the people of this church to

My family’s history comes from Sierra Leone on my father’s side and Trinidad and Tobago on my mother’s. I grew up in Trinidad and Tobago and this is where my family currently resides. According to my grandfather on my mother’s side our ancestors came to Trinidad and Tobago when slaves were brought over from Africa to work on plantations. It is believed that they either arrived when the Spanish inhabited the islands of Trinidad and Tobago or brought their enslaved Africans or when the British took control of the islands and brought in numerous slaves from Africa. According to my father it is likely that his ancestors were forced into slavery and possibly transported around the world to work on plantations.

Family history is very important to an individual. By knowing where you come from, you can have a better perspective of your life. Having a clear understanding of your family background allows you to better appreciate the things that you would normally take for granted. The house, the car, and the average clothing may look better when one sees the sacrifices their family has made. They will see that their family has worked very hard just so their family can experience the better things in life. A persons roots and origin is one of the most important things to explore. It alone can bring you closer to self-discovery.

What I am today is the reflection of my family's history. History of endeavors, pains, failures and growth. One evening, I was talking to my grandma and she started telling about our family. At first, it seemed quite boring, but ended up in tears and made me learn the most important lesson of my life. It was quite a deep thing to realize for a kid but fortunately and eventually I understood.

During my excessive research on my family background, I found that I had major complication learning about my history. The reason for this was because my family was brought to a country that totally wiped out my ancestor's culture. The only part I understand of my family history is slavery. We started out as slaves in when first brought to America. We were originally from West Africa. We lived in places such Nigeria, Congo, and Ghana. This was a time when we owned our land and freedom. However, around the late 1500s, the western European culture had finally discovered our deeply rooted heritage. They saw that beautiful land we had nourished, They saw the love within our community. They saw the resource we provided. They realized the strength we had as a people. Soon the western Europeans felt that needed to conquer us and our land. The wanted to prove that we're able to conquer because of the more industrialized military they had. They forced my people to move to a unformal land that conquered from another culture of people. So after arrival to the new world, the European immediately forced my ancestors to change their names. They gave us our names of our slave owners. This resulted in my ancestors to being someone's property. My ancestors worked day in and day out in the hot sun; picking cotton, building houses, growing crops and being housemaids. The European’s would soon transition into what we know today as Americans. For the next four hundred years, the Americans