Genealogy
Genealogy. I live in a community that has various clubs/groups/activities. Recently a friend started a genealogy group, which I wanted to support. Older people do genealogy. Younger people don't. There are lots of reasons, and I've only got the data points of my life. As we get older, we remember our families and their impact on us. We remember the stories our grandparents told, and wish we had written those down. Sometimes we want to understand how we got here. To me, the frustration is that the names and dates don't tell the whole story. A friend is frustrated that he'll be shown as married once, with no children. The reality is that he's raised three children, though they weren't his. He's passed experience, and love to children, who will pass those qualities to next generations. So the official record isn't a good reflection of what really happened. Another challenge is that only the people who didn't reproduce are not included. ...