It can enable older people to be expert counsellors, mediators, keepers of the lineage, writers, storytellers and managers. Many are reservoirs of historical facts and stories, especially about the family. The ideas which follow offer an opportunity to affirm grandparents and also to strengthen family bonds through understanding the family's life and story. Family genealogy . A great deal of understanding can come to a family through the setting out of its genealogical history over several generations.
Grandparents are often an invaluable resource in finding such information.
This or a similar format can be enlarged to provide space for interesting facts and comments about various family members. Thus it should be explained that the construction of a family genealogy may be painful in part. It may be too painful for some. However, families should be encouraged that each individual ultimately bears responsibility for his own actions and emotions. Troubles in families in past generations can help us understand our own struggles, but choices made in the past need not determine or continue to influence current generations.