Last night i finally got my act together and started working on our family tree with my mum. I've been meaning to start it for some time now but, well, for whatever reason just haven't really got arount to it, and yet as we begin i'm really struck by just how important a task this is. I also begin to come to terms with just what a mammoth task this task may turn out to be! Still, it is a good opportunity for me to spend some quality time with my moms!- without her, the task would be close to impossible!
Our family tree is not "simple" to say the least. two pages into granma's siblings children's names and the many branches of family and extended family begin boggle the mind. But i love that as we complete each branch i begin to understand (maybe finally for the first time) the special ties between us, my mother especially and those people whom we call family - you know the ones, you see them at all the family functions, they are always there when your immediate family have a wedding or funeral and you know that they are related to you but you don't quite know how... well i hope after this exercise, i will finally understand it.
Ofcourse, there are branches that are still a bit vague for mum.. i will definitely have to refer to other family members to help fill in the blanks!!!
So my dilemma now becomes - how on earth do i begin to document it? Time to hit google!
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