The roots of my family tree are my immediate/nuclear family. These are the people I will be basing my family tree on, since they are the main part of my family, and my family branches out from there.
Another way to think about this is that we are the leaves of the huge huge tree of humanity. I am an anthropology student and I am fascinated by the intricate evolution and radiation of the modern human species over the globe.
I've always, always been interested in my family history, as what could be more important to the person you are than the people you came from? This combined with my recent realisation that my most valuable sources of information (my grandparents) won't be around forever, has awoken a desire in me to deeply research and document my family tree and history, hopefully not just with names and dates, but important details about their way of life too.
While this blog is an effort to keep my thoughts on track, I also hope it will be a good resource for others wishing to document their family tree and hopefully you can learn from my mistakes.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Cally
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