Family Ties

9/19/2019

Daily Literary Quote
“My father used to say that stories are part of the most precious heritage of mankind.”
-Tahir Shah
Journal Prompt
Discuss your family heritage. How far back do you know your family history? What countries do they come from? Is it important to know your ancestry? Why or why not?

56 Comments

Cole

9/19/2019 10:38:12 am

I do not know very much about my family heritage. I know back to my great grandparents and they are all from the states. I think it is important to some people on where they came from but you also shouldn’t let whatever ethnicity be the judge of your personality.

Riley

9/19/2019 10:40:28 am

I agree that it shouldn’t affect your person.

Kelton

9/19/2019 10:42:27 am

I agree with you it should never affect someone.

Caleb

9/19/2019 10:43:40 am

Yes I agree we shouldn’t judge each other based on where we come from

Tamryn

9/19/2019 10:45:45 am

I agree, ethnicity should never define who yoh are.

Sydnee

9/19/2019 10:38:12 am

I’m not sure about my family history.

Sydnee

9/19/2019 10:39:48 am

Yes it is important because then you’ll know about what your previous ancestors have done.

Taelyn

9/19/2019 10:40:13 am

I’m not sure about mine either.

Troy

9/19/2019 10:38:21 am

I know my don’t know a lot about my family history but I know they come primarily from Ireland. I don’t feel it is too important to know my family history at this point in my life as it’s in the past.

Loon

9/19/2019 10:41:53 am

Why isn’t it important?

Dakota

9/19/2019 10:42:17 am

I can definitely see the Irish in you.

Wylie

9/19/2019 10:42:41 am

I feel the same

Kelton

9/19/2019 10:44:06 am

I agree with you that’s very smart.

Tamryn

9/19/2019 10:46:59 am

I disagree that it isn’t important not knowing. I think you should always know where you come from. It shows basic human diversity.

Cheyenne Ward

9/19/2019 10:38:53 am

I don’t know much about my heritage, back history, or the countries they came from. I believe it is important to know your ancestry because then you know who your related too and you know things like your heritage and stuff like that.

Brooke

9/19/2019 10:43:30 am

It would be nice to know who you are related to.

Destiny

9/19/2019 10:39:03 am

I know that I am like 25% Irish. Other than that I don’t really know I get different answers every time I ask. I think that it is important to know your ancestry it’s apart of who you are. Your heritage makes you who you are. It’s good to know the history that your families have.

Brooke

9/19/2019 10:44:16 am

That’s cool that you’re Irish.

Taelyn

9/19/2019 10:39:22 am

I really don’t know anything about my family heritage. I think it’s kind of important to know your family history but it’s not completely necessary.

Destiny

9/19/2019 10:40:41 am

I agree that it’s important to know your history but not necessary

Sydnee

9/19/2019 10:42:06 am

Good point.

Caleb

9/19/2019 10:44:58 am

I agree that it is cool to know but not necessarily need to know it

Loom

9/19/2019 10:39:28 am

I know on my dads side back to my great great grandfather that side of the family is from Germany and Irish. I don’t know anything on my moms side except that some are from Poland and Syria. I don’t think it’s necessarily important to know your ancestry but it sure is something cool to know.

Cole

9/19/2019 10:40:58 am

Wow Loom that’s pretty cool that you are German.

Riley

9/19/2019 10:41:26 am

I agree that it is almost more of a novelty now.

Jacob

9/19/2019 10:41:31 am

My ancestors are from Ireland and Germany as well.

Taelyn

9/19/2019 10:41:59 am

I also agree that it would be pretty cool to know.

Brayden

9/19/2019 10:43:35 am

I agree that it is cool to know

Jacob

9/19/2019 10:39:28 am

I do not know very far back on my family heritage. I know my ancestors are from Scotland, Ireland, and Germany. I believe it is important to know your ancestory because it gives you and others a look from where you came from.

Troy

9/19/2019 10:41:20 am

My family is also from Ireland

Dylan

9/19/2019 10:42:22 am

I also believe it is important to know your ancestry.

Riley

9/19/2019 10:39:35 am

I don’t know my families history very far back but I do know that on my dads side we are from Germany. I would say that it is not as important to know you’re heritage today as it was a couple hundred years ago. Today we don’t really care what your heritage is so it doesn’t affect us.

Owen

9/19/2019 10:41:04 am

That is pretty cool where your dads side is from.

Destiny

9/19/2019 10:42:36 am

It’s true that we don’t care about our heritage today.

Brayden

9/19/2019 10:39:53 am

I know I come from Italian and Greek heritage, but other than that I don’t know. I think is important to know.

Wylie

9/19/2019 10:42:12 am

Very nice

Jacob

9/19/2019 10:43:15 am

Italian and Greek are cool heritages.

Owen

9/19/2019 10:39:59 am

All that I know from memory is that my last name is Swedish. I think all family ancestry is important. It makes it so we can look back at any time and see who we are related to.

Kelton

9/19/2019 10:40:07 am

The most I know is I’m part German from my grandmas side. As a kid she always made German meals. That’s as far back as I know and I don’t really know what all countries my ancestors came from. I feel like it is important to know so one day you can tell your kids where their history comes from.

Dylan

9/19/2019 10:40:18 am

My dads side of my family originates from the Netherlands and Ireland. My moms side of my family is from Greece and Porto Rico. I believe that knowing about your ancestors is important because it helps you understand how you ended up where you are today.

Wylie

9/19/2019 10:40:33 am

I don’t know much about my family heritage I only know as far back as about my grandpa. They are from America. In my opinion different people think different things if it’s important or not so it’s up to them.

Troy

9/19/2019 10:42:27 am

I agree it is a personal decision

Loon

9/19/2019 10:42:41 am

Are you Native American then or what?

Cole

9/19/2019 10:43:03 am

I agree with you it is only important to some people

Dakota

9/19/2019 10:43:10 am

My parents were from the Americas as well

Brayden

9/19/2019 10:46:03 am

I agree that is your choice

Dakota

9/19/2019 10:41:13 am

I don’t know much about my family history. All I know is I’m part Scottish. I feel like it’s not that important to know your ancestors, but it would be pretty cool to know something about them. I feel like it would be cool because you can look at what they used to do and the traditions and rituals they used to do.

Owen

9/19/2019 10:42:46 am

That’s cool that you are part Scottish.

Sydnee

9/19/2019 10:44:37 am

That’s really cool your Scottish

Brooke

9/19/2019 10:41:40 am

I know that on my moms side we came from Europe and on my dads side is Hispanic. I think that it is important to know your family’s history. So you can learn your family’s culture and understand where your characteristics came from.

Dylan

9/19/2019 10:44:00 am

I believe that culture is a very important thing to know.

Caleb

9/19/2019 10:42:22 am

I only know my father on his side of the family. His family comes from Ireland and he is full Irish. On my mother’s side I know up to my great great grandparents. They all come from different backgrounds. They come from Mexico, Germany, and a few others I’m not sure of. It is important to know where you came from to know who you are.

Cheyenne

9/19/2019 10:45:22 am

You have a unique kind of background it’s interesting, and I agree knowing you ancestry helps you know who you are.

Tamryn

9/19/2019 10:43:15 am

My family is German and Irish. I don’t know much about my families history. Yes, it is important to know your ancestry. It gives us our knowledge of where we came from and our diversity from other people. Knowing our family stories keeps them alive for the next generation to understand where they come from too.

Charlie

9/19/2019 10:48:31 am

The farthest I know of my family history is when my great great grandmother lived in Italy. My dad’s family came from Scotland and my mother’s side came from Italy. I believe it’s important to know so you know where you come from.

Tyrell Wortley

9/19/2019 10:53:44 am

On my Dad’s side of my family are war heroes like my grandpa (who was also chief of the Wyandotte tribe) and 3rd great grandpa. Now my 3rd g grandpa married a pure Wyandotte woman named Minerva. Several generations more and there’s past several war veterans and now to a king called Sir Frances Wortley, he was a king in Wales where he lived in Wortley Castle (a castle that is still around and still owned by my family). On my Mom’s side there’s Cherokee and Romani (Gypsies). Along with a few practitioners of witchcraft. Then later there’s a Cornel in the American Revolutionary War for the U.S. Along with somewhere in there is a little bit of Hebrew.

I think it’s very important that people know there heritage. The reason being is that you discover who you are and help solve the way you look and a your proneness to variety of diseases.

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