The Bygone Genealogy

Often times a person lives their life based on how their own family would see it. Whether it disappoints or makes their family proud, it is inevitable; a person’s family will forever remain an important factor in their life, actions and the consequences that come with it. In “The Idea of Ancestry”, the author Etheridge Knight writes a poem where it is obvious that he is guilty of his actions and the shame and hurt it brings to his loved ones. Knight is haunted by the faces of his loved ones in his cell, and it is symbolic of the guilt he feels as he sits in prison and contemplates on his bad choices and addiction to heroin.

When it comes to literature the reader can look at it in any way that seems fit. People may read a piece of literature just to enjoy a story, or to decipher it by reading in between the lines to find a deeper meaning in what they read. You can do this by examining a piece of literature through the lens of a theory. By looking through a lens of a theory it can affect how a person views literature. There are many lenses that people can look literature through, but one of them is the Jungian Theory created by Carl Jung. By analyzing through the lens of the Jungian theory of the folktales The Blood Brothers, Cain and Abel, and The curse of the Seven Children, you can dig deeper using

Chapter three of Ancestral Lines begins with Barker being taught how to paint a Tapa (a personally designed cloth) by two elder women, as the process is explained Barker compares the Tapa cloth to society “composed of basic elements that fit together to produce a whole.” (Barker 2017:75) Barker also breaks down the “three key facets of contemporary social organization: The socialization of children into gendered adults, the formation of kin- based groups and categories, and the formation of alliance between groups through marriage exchanges and life crisis ceremonies.” (Barker 2017:75-76) Things to note about children in general and as socialized gendered adults: when a child is born, they are not considered ‘socially human’ and are believed to be vulnerable to attacks from spirits because their souls are not yet attached to their bodies. Mothers are the main source of care. Girls are often put to work first, assisting their mothers with cooking, cleaning, and caring for infants. Boys contrastingly help their fathers with hunting, building, and protecting. While inequality is prevalent, women are not without power and enjoy high levels of security and influence. They also believe that men

The turn of the 20th century was a time of great optimism and anxiety ("1900: A Year in the Life of America." - Genealogy.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Aug. 2015.). There were constant advancements in technology and new products being made all the time, making life much easier ("1900: A Year in the Life of America." - Genealogy.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Aug. 2015.). This better life attracted immigrants from all over ("1900: A Year in the Life of America." - Genealogy.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Aug. 2015.). Sadly, for many of them as well as natives, the only work they could get was mediocre with poor working conditions, long hours, and small paychecks ("1900: A Year in the Life of America." - Genealogy.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Aug. 2015.). The same can be said for the Nolan family from “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”. Francie Nolan, an Irish-American girl growing up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, doesn’t let her family’s poverty drag her down ("Analysis of Major Characters." SparkNotes. SparkNotes, n.d. Web. 19 Aug. 2015.). The story

As color is more than an artists’ statement when it comes to heredity. We set some colors to have more value than others. As if the rainbow was a key to a hierarchy for our society to follow. All people are equal. Every man despite genealogy is genetically beautifully equal in our species. Race, ethnicity, religion, disability all factors included; are simply part of making us all unique.

This is part four of the series "Where Do I Start as a Beginning Genealogist?". Glad to see you! If you haven't read parts

History is defined as the study of the science of humanity in the past. It's a broad subject that spans over countless people groups throughout the years that the world has been around. Even before the times we have written word history was still being made, and it is still extremely important. We tend to forget that in our average day to day lives we are still making history. That all over the globe everyone is taking part in what might be in a history book someday.

Learning about your family tree can be fun and exciting. I can also raise more questions when you come across a surprising discovery, which is exactly what happened to one woman while she researched her family's history.

Genealogy Started historically, in Western societies the focus of genealogy was on the kinship and descent of rulers and nobles, often arguing or demonstrating the legitimacy of claims to wealth and power. The term often overlapped with heraldry, in which the ancestry of royalty was reflected in their coats of arms. Genealogical research in the United States was first systematized in the early 19th century, especially by John Farmer (1789–1838). In modern times, genealogy became more widespread, with commoners as well as nobility researching and maintaining their family trees. Genealogy received a boost in the late 1970s with the television broadcast of Roots: The Saga of an American Family, Alex Haley's account of his family

Around the same time to the Hashmis another family, the Whitakers also requested approval from the HFEA for the use of PGD with HLA tissue typing to create an embryo that,when born, would be a compatible bone marrow donor for their three-year-old son. Their son was suffering from the rare disorder of Diamond-Blackfan anaemia which, should he not receive a bone marrow transplant, gave him a life expectancy of approximately 30 years.

Point of view is vital in every story. The point of view directs one through the story in the manner the creator intended. An author can use point of view to make a situation seem more intense or highlight issues close to them. In Frederick Brown’s “Sentry” the author places the reader in an alien world where the humans are defending against aliens. He uses the point of view of a foot soldier to highlight the repetition of history. Even with all of the technology used to get to that planet the war is still fought by men and women on the ground. These people suffer the same way soldiers did in the first world war and the second and every war since. The Lottery takes a more objective point of view. Instead of having once characters voice narrate

The author in After Kinship argues that anthropologists should adopt new ways to study kinship since the innovative practices are both raising new concerns and challenging our old understandings. Anthropologists perceive kinship as non-western phenomena which is strongly intertwined with political and societal structures in which the boundaries between “rule of law” and “rule of nature” are blurred. On the contrary, kinship is believed to be obsolete in the West and reduced to the notion of nuclear family, which is on its part deprived of from any political and societal functions. Family is perceived as separate, domestic and private and rather natural than cultural.

There is an old saying that says that blood is thicker than water but I believe that many of the characters that were depicted in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet are not in support of this claim. There is Hamlet’s father, who was actually the king of Denmark up until his untimely demise, which was orchestrated by his own brother – the villainous Claudius. Hamlet’s mother Gertrude then goes on to marry his uncle, which shifts the power that would’ve been in Hamlet’s favor to Claudius, who then becomes the king of Denmark. The actions of Claudius and Gertrude send Hamlet through a whirlwind of emotions, from grief to revenge. He dislikes his mother and her decision of marrying Claudius so soon after his father dies and he loathes Claudius after he soon discovers what he has done. When one things of family, one thinks of good qualities like loyalty and love but when it comes to this royal family there is everything but. Certain members of this family operate from a place of greed, gluttony, envy and jealousy, one appears to operate from naiveté and the other operates from pure angry, hatred and revenge.

In Bible several women played a vital role for the liberation of people. In OT prominent two women Esther and Ruth, Esther was a Hebrew woman who married to a Gentile kind and Ruth was a gentile and married a Hebrew. Esther helped her people from the destruction and Ruth helped them to come out from distress. Even the book of Ruth is small, but this outstanding book covers many principles with profound impact to our lives today.

To obtain surname that will be related to the 18th century or earlier period will require the individual to utilize the international Genealogical Index. These studies will require the use of the various tools. Through the fact that most studies have been facilitated by the pastime hobbies of individual’s. This has been facilitated by the lack of any economic benefit that will motivate the collection of this data. Through the sheer volume that will be identified it will require professional date in the analysis of the said data. They must allocate an accurate copy of the original indexes this will reduce the time wasted by retyping similar information by the various individuals. Through the identification of the various patents will occur, the genealogy software will be used by various researchers to collate and identify a definite family tree to each individual. Through the process of using the YDNA testing this will be used to verify the relation established through the Surname relation. It will identify the difference and similarities between the various linages that have similar Surnames. However due to the lack of a match this will not mean that there is no relationship. This is due to the fact that some linages do not utilize the use of a single name hence avoiding the biological male line decent. The use of the YDNA will be seen as a crucial tool to the one name study (Mills, 2001).