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Family Ties

10/6/2020

57 Comments

 
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?
57 Comments
Adrian Lima
10/6/2020 10:37:48 am

My family history goes back to some jarl back in England. This is not relevant to my family today at all.

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Griffin Mylan
10/6/2020 10:38:43 am

I enjoyed the required third sentence the most.

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Adrian
10/6/2020 10:39:40 am

Oh yeah my mother is Italian, can’t forget about that.

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Aspen
10/6/2020 10:40:03 am

You right.

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Tierryn
10/6/2020 10:42:34 am

Outstanding detail, thanks for sharing.

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Preston
10/13/2020 11:05:25 am

I agree it’s not that important

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Griffin Mylan
10/6/2020 10:38:04 am

My dads side of the family is from Ukraine while my moms side is mostly from Italy. It’s important to know your family history because it can tell you a lot about how your family arose and came to be. Family history also connects us with individuals from around the globe that we didn’t know we were related to.

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Adrian
10/6/2020 10:38:57 am

Your mother sure does have that good Italian cooking.

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Ashley
10/6/2020 10:40:32 am

Connecting with family is important.

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Dodge Grover
10/6/2020 10:41:10 am

A lot of people are part Italian these days.

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Ashley
10/6/2020 10:38:30 am

I know that my family is from Ireland Scotland and Norway. I am not sure how far back that is. I think it isn’t very important to know specifics of my heritage because I will never need to know.

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Ariana Williams
10/6/2020 10:40:00 am

Ireland is pretty cool.

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Aspen
10/6/2020 10:38:36 am

I don’t really know my family heritage that well. I know my moms family has some German and native blood. It is important to know because it’s very directly related to you.

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Ashley
10/6/2020 10:42:11 am

German and native on one side is very interesting.

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Paige
10/6/2020 10:42:35 am

I agree of whys it’s important

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Della
10/6/2020 10:38:41 am

My biological family is Italian. My family now I honestly don’t know but I do know my grandma Beverly did years of genealogy. She has boxes open boxes of papers to prove it too. It has to be a lot of generations back.

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Della
10/6/2020 10:39:42 am

+ it’s good so u know where u come from

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Adrian
10/6/2020 10:40:30 am

I appreciated the use of a plus sign in an English class.

Paige
10/6/2020 10:38:42 am

I don’t know much about my family heritage. I feel it can be important to know your family heritage because it might be helpful in the future.

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Griffin Mylan
10/6/2020 10:39:44 am

I agree that it is helpful.

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Aspen
10/6/2020 10:40:29 am

I don’t know much either.

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Aubrey Gregson
10/6/2020 10:56:12 am

It would be interesting to know though.

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Treygan Bragg
10/6/2020 10:38:56 am

I am of Native American decent which goes bad a very long time. I’ve also got Swedish genetics from my dads side of the family. It is very good to know your decent and heritage so you can have pride in where you came from.

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Della
10/6/2020 10:42:11 am

I agree

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Mason Payne
10/6/2020 10:39:20 am

My family comes from Norway and England. I know far back to 1600s from family search.org. It is important to know you ancestry because it allows one to see where you came from and how it has evolved over time.

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Dodge Grover
10/6/2020 10:42:24 am

I dont think its important. I dont need that information for anything. Its more of a fun fact.

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Preston
10/13/2020 11:06:20 am

That’s cool your from Norway and England

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Ariana Williams
10/6/2020 10:39:23 am

I think my family is from Sweden. We traveled over to America a couple generations ago. I also have a tiny bit of Cherokee in my family, like 1/16. I think it’s important to know your ancestry, to know where you come from and how to uphold your culture. Also when I die I want to be remembered by my family.

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Adrian
10/6/2020 10:41:29 am

You are far too white to have any Cherokee. I think you may be confused.

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taija
10/6/2020 10:42:08 am

That’s pretty cool.

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Jessie Hiatt
10/6/2020 10:42:23 am

I agree, culture is important

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Jaicei
10/6/2020 10:51:15 am

Having your family remember you is important.

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Steven
10/6/2020 10:39:23 am

I know I’m Irish, German, Russia, Scottish, and Puerto Recan. We did a family tree thing awhile ago but I can remember a lot of it. All I know is that I’m a mutt

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Treygan Bragg
10/6/2020 10:41:02 am

You have a lot of mixed cultures

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Anthony
10/6/2020 10:39:35 am

I don’t know anything about before my immediate family, I would amagine Africa, not necessarily, I don’t know enough for it too affect my everyday life.

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Dodge Grover
10/6/2020 10:39:48 am

I dont my family heritage. Probably goes back pretty far. I heard once im part Italien, so there. I dont know my family heritage, so must not be. Its not important because I dont need to know my family heritage for any jobs i know of or for me to be a person.

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taija
10/6/2020 10:41:23 am

I agree that it’s not important.

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taija
10/6/2020 10:40:34 am

My moms side comes from a little bit of everything and i don’t know where my dads side comes from. I don’t think it really matters that much because it won’t apply to anything you need to know in the future. I still think it would be cool to know.

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Jessie Hiatt
10/6/2020 10:42:52 am

It would be neat to know

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Treygan Bragg
10/6/2020 10:43:12 am

That’s a very good point.

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Paige
10/6/2020 10:43:20 am

I agree it would be cool to know

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Tierryn
10/6/2020 10:44:08 am

It would be interesting to know our history but it isn’t necessarily relevant to who we are today.

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Jackson
10/6/2020 10:40:51 am

I know that part of my family's back ground are natives and part of them are from Europe

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Jessie Hiatt
10/6/2020 10:41:07 am

My family history dates back to Germany. It’s important to know your family history because that’s how your family before you lived.

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Tierryn
10/6/2020 10:41:36 am

I only know where my grandparents are from, not any older generations. I know that my grandparents on my dads side came from Ireland and my grandma from my moms side is from Scotland, I don’t know anything else about my family. I wouldn’t say it’s important to know my ancestry since they’re all dead now and I’m from a different country than they were.

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Jaicei
10/6/2020 10:49:12 am

It’s cool that both sides of your family came from similar places.

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Aubrey Gregson
10/6/2020 10:54:33 am

I dint think it’s important either.

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Darian
10/6/2020 10:42:07 am

I know that some of my heritage is Irish and Native American. I think it's important just to know who you were related to.

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Jaicei
10/6/2020 10:42:54 am

I can trace my dad’s side of the family back to the early 1600’s in England. They lived in a castle in a town that was also named after them. The Duke’s two sons left on the Mayflower to come to America. It is important to know you’re family history so you know where you come from.

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Leah
10/6/2020 10:43:05 am

Part of my family comes from Europe and Ireland. This is important because everyone is different and has a different backgrounds. Our ancestors has helped us get to where we are today.

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Ariana Williams
10/6/2020 10:43:59 am

That’s true, our ancestors did help us get here today.

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Abeni
10/7/2020 10:49:34 am

That is super cool

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Aubrey Gregson
10/6/2020 10:53:58 am

My dads side of the family is native and moms side is German and Irish. I think it’s interesting to know but not important because I don’t apply it in my life at all.

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Abeni
10/7/2020 10:49:08 am

I totally agree

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Hayley
10/6/2020 06:14:50 pm

I have no idea about my heritage. I got told I could have german heritage in me but I dont know for certain. Its important to know because you could find out about people you are related to that could be halfway across the country from you. Or you could be related to people that you are close to like your friends. A lot of people in this town are related to a lot of people. Like me but I dont know exactly who I am related to in this town

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Abeni
10/7/2020 10:48:57 am

My family heritage is Hispanic.i don’t know where they come from.i think it’s nice to know but not important because I don’t use this information

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Preston
10/13/2020 11:04:58 am

I don’t know a ton about my family heritage but I know my whole dads side is very German. My moms is mainly Irish I believe. It’s not important to know your family heritage but it’s fun to know about it

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