How you view the culture/cultures you are descended from does not need to be dictated by the ways others do. I noticed in the genealogical community people have a more aspirational way of looking at things. They are scouring documents about what boats their family sailed on to America, working on their family trees, and garnering a larger grasp of their origins and how these fit into a global context. For instance, we are all more mixed than we think, and we are all related to people we may love and hate.
Sometimes I am afraid to share my opinions, but I realized so few people watch my
I truly believe people can take pride and interest in whatever culture they are from. I think we should have more cultural holidays celebrating the origins of various cultures so people can reflect on their own family history. Not everything is meant to focus on a negative stereotype. I like the idea of genealogical holidays to trace the origins of one’s family with the emphasis on perhaps taking an Ancestry DNA test, and then really working on your family tree. For instance, I guess one thing I am always most excited about is finding the photograph of my great-grandmother Helen Hanna. I also found her passport document, which I am sharing part of here.
When I discuss wanting a holiday to celebrate genealogy of a particular group, I like to reflect on a positive aspect of this, such as finding the passport document of my great-grandmother. I spent four months looking for this document and was elated to finally stumble across it. How many people have searched for the passport document of their great-grandmother?