What they had to go through in order for you to be here today. The wars they survived, the famines, the plagues, the oceans or rivers they crossed. It would of only taken one broken link in the chain of life for you NOT to be here. It took more then your father meeting your mother, or your grandfather, meeting your grandmother. It took all the things in life we often forget about to bring you about to who and what you are today.
Genealogy is more then just searching a name.
It is a quest to find the link that leads to you. As any genealogist will tell you, the endless searching for them, is by far, more then just finding a name. It is finding the person. It seems to me, every family has at least one member that understands this. And it is that one member that brings about a greater understanding for all to see.