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Rebuilding the family tree
To find a place, I had to rebuild my family tree.
Listen to this episode: “Rebuilding the family tree”
Every now and then, my kids have a family tree project for school.
It’s pretty straightforward, and you probably know what I am talking about, so I won’t belabor things here.
Anyway, these family tree projects filled me with dread for a long time. Mainly because of the confusion I felt around my family of origin growing up.
As a kid, when I would do them, I would do them based on my adoptive family tree and was often left feeling weird because I also knew that no matter how I may have felt or not felt connected with them, they were not my flesh-and-blood ancestors.
So, that left me feeling disconnected and unsure of where I fit in.
I wanted a connection with my ancestors, but it took me until adulthood to do that.
The family tree journey became a little more complicated because I was - and still am - not entirely sure of my father’s identity. I have an excellent idea, but if you listen to the podcast, you will see that things are a little complicated there.
So give it a listen.
Listen to this episode: “Rebuilding the family tree”
PS - What did you think? 🖤