Has compulsion to write letters. Swears at the mailman when he does not leave mail. Frequents strange places, such as cemeteries, ruins, and remote desolate cemetery areas. Makes secret night calls, hides telephone bills from spouse. The patient mumbles to himself and has a strange faraway look in his eyes.
Medication is useless.
Disease is not fatal but grows progressively worse. Patient should attend genealogy workshops, subscribe to genealogy magazines and be given a quiet corner in the house where he or she works alone. I started out calmly, tracing my tree, To find if I could find the makings of me. And all that I had was Great-Grandfather's name, Not knowing his wife or from where he came. I chased him across a long line of states, And came up with pages and pages of dates.