What are the different reasons that people find genealogy interesting? What are they getting out of it. And what are the different things that they are looking for.
2006-06-30 16:31:25 · 10 answers · asked by John L 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
It is nice to brag about ancestors. It gives you pedigree. Some people also want to find out why they are who they are and they look for an ancestor to blame. Quite frankly it is surprising who we are related to way back when. You would be surprised too probably.
2006-06-30 16:35:43 · answer #1 · answered by Elwood 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favorite sublects in school were Amer. History and World History. Now I have faces to include in historic events, [like an ancestor fighting on either side in Civil War]. I even found a slave owner.....YUK! Along the way I found my grandparents divorce papers with a lot of details and my other grandfather working in a coal mine for a short time. Since my Dad died when I was 6 and my Mom died when I was 29, I didn't know these things previously. Most recently, I've found that my Stewart line probably goes back to the year 956. Now that's mind boggling!
2006-07-02 06:29:00 · answer #2 · answered by Big Red 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
William Balfour (My large Grandfather x 8) replaced into authorized 20 pounds via a Treasury of britain, with the intention to circulate to Virginia as a minister on January 29, 1738. in this year 1745 the Rev. Mr. Balfour (my large Grandfather x 8) is arraigned via the sacristy for drunkness, swearing, and different vices. I additionally got here across information he frolicked interior the shares.
2016-11-01 00:38:08 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe because in this impersonal 21st century where people are reduced to numbers in a computer data base, people want to find some human connection with the past and see what type of people their ancestors were.
2006-06-30 16:36:57 · answer #4 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I guess it would be cool if you checked out your family history and found that you are related to a famous person. My guess would be that people either want to connect to thier past and find thier roots, or see if they have any relations/orbloodlines (native american, etc) that could get them a college scholarship
2006-06-30 16:37:08 · answer #5 · answered by LifeIsAHighway 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
History of the family, and mainly because it is cool. In some cultural circles it is considered the socially elite thing to do.
2006-06-30 16:35:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well in my case i found out that my family is from canada and
england , i thought that was worth the hours i put into research
2006-06-30 16:37:02 · answer #7 · answered by will t 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
geneology:
it tells you who you are and what make you up, humans have 46 chromosomes, one chromosome can have thousands of genes of inheritance its your genetic makeup, wat makes you unique, whether your tall or short and by looking at punnet squares you can see the possible outcomes of a gen between you and another person if you want to have children
2006-06-30 16:37:14 · answer #8 · answered by lyricallykm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They want to know who their ancestors are dont you
2006-06-30 16:57:04 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't know where you're going if you don't know where you've been. I think that's how you say it.
2006-06-30 16:40:11 · answer #10 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋