Knowing About Your Own Family History And Ancestry

Family history is becoming more fashionable with the benefit of online resources. People care about where they came from because it often contributes to where they’re going. In this article, we are going to explore the importance of knowing your genealogy and find out how GEN12 can help prepare your ancestors to make a better future than you may even imagine now.

What is genealogy?

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, genealogy is defined as:

• An account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or older forms

• Descendancy of an individual, family, or group of organisms from a progenitor

• The study of family ancestral lines

• An account of the origin and historical development of something.

What is the importance of knowing your ancestry?

Ancestry and genealogical research seem to be more popular than ever as technological advances provide tools to look into people's DNA and offer never-before-seen details. With the digital revolution, historical books and codexes are also helping both enthusiasts and professionals grasp full family trees and ancestral lists. Everybody seems to be sending away their kits and searching for more about themselves. People long to understand and relate to their ancestors’ journeys.

Family Connections

Researching genealogy brings families together around shared experiences and a sense of oneness. It encourages stories to be shared from generation to generation and sometimes opens new lines of communication. These connections may be especially beneficial during times of grief or struggle.

Deeper Personal Identity

We all want to feel as if we belong. Tracing your history backward can facilitate a deeper sense of self, along with a greater context of time and place. The way we relate to those family stories shapes our narratives and core identity. Maya Angelou famously said it best, “You can't know where you are going until you know where you have been.”

Medical Insights

Many health concerns are hereditary. If you recognize what can be passed along, it makes it easier to detect a possible problem. It could ultimately save your life!

Deeper Sense of Purpose

Your family tree is probably overgrown with small mysteries and enticing antidotes to dive deeper. You’ll begin to relate to those relatives in ways you never thought possible. Despite the differences in lifestyles and customs, your ancestors are bonded to you in timeless ways which you’ll discover with more research. Just keep searching!

In a simple sense, it’s a human attribute to wonder where we came from and where we’re going next. Feeling connected to yourself and knowing your ancestry can propel you to new heights in the future.

Continuing with what your legacy and family tree were always meant to do - grow!

Genealogy leads to legacy

Genealogy leaves an imprint of where your family has grown, but it also sets the stage for where the following generation should take it. The past motivates future generations forward. Let’s set them up for achievement and provide them a far higher bar to jump over.

Pushing them to take the torch further than we could see before.

You owe it to your ancestry, as they helped you get here - and eventually, they’ll say the identical thing about you!

The benefits of including digital assets with your family history

In reality, any material in electronic form (even an asset with only emotional value), can be turned into an ancestry keepsake. Let us look at some examples of digital assets that may be included in the process offered by GEN12:

• digital images of family photos

• videos with personalized messages

• music and sounds

• passwords to never be forgotten

• written documents of significance

• and almost any digitized file – only limited by your creativity!

At this point, it's clear there are countless ways to depart meaningful messages for your ancestors, even after you’re long and gone from this Earth. This might fundamentally change the way you approach your ancestry. Don’t leave your family looking for direction on their own, especially in their time of grief. Be there for them even once you can’t physically.

Tell your loved ones what they have to hear when they must hear it.

The benefits of GEN12’s legacy packages

• GEN12 allows you to expand the family knowledge and legend by creating a personalized legacy package that may be passed down to future generations.

• Go beyond the popular DNA research and provide a chance for your descendants to get to know you. While thanks to modern technology, your name will be preserved for future generations, there is so much more you can share about yourself. Go beyond facts and data, and allow your personality to be shown.

• Assets can be posted in connection with any life event; therefore, marriages, births, graduations, and endless other family occasions can now become digital triggers that strengthen the bonds in your family for years to come.

• The years of sad and formal messages from the grave are over. With GEN12, the only limit is your imagination.

• Inspire the next generation to pick up the torch with a video, letter, or other digital assets. Let them connect with your family history like never before.

Go beyond the traditional family search and bring your ancestry to life with GEN12. We assist your descendants in continuing the flame you started, so they can carry on your family legacy into the future.