I have a new obsession and it is taking over the strict homework schedule I set for myself this week. Family history is the best. Family history has always been on my interest list but I have never gotten around to it. Now, I haven't done any of my own work yet but I have been studying the work that my family members have done and I am falling in love! I learned that I have some Native American ancestry. I mean, I have an ancestor named New Moon so that is awesome. I also have an ancestor named Peter Parker....so I'm related to Spiderman. I'm related to Scottish, Hungarian, English, French, Swedish, Polish and Norwegian royalty. I always knew I was a princess, I could just feel it. However, nothing compares to finding that I can trace my ancestry back to Adam (like first man Adam) on my dad's side! Crazy! This line goes through Joseph of Arimathea, Mary, Jesse, David, Noah, Abraham and all the way back to Adam and Eve. I almost started crying when I saw "Eve: The First Woman". It was so amazing. There were so many names that it is hard to believe I am related to all of them. I have a really big family. As I was walking around BYU campus today (this may seem weird) but I was observing all the people around me and a voice entered my head that said "These are my children". The experience I have had learning about my family has taught me that we are all family because we are children of God. We all have roots that go back to Adam and Eve. I love seeing all the names and realizing that these are REAL people not just names on a computer screen. I am so thankful for the family I have and for the opportunity I have to keep them forever. I don't think there could be a greater blessing. So go and research your family history even if it is just a few minutes here and there! I promise it will be time well spent.
I wrote a poem for my creative writing class last semester about family history so I think no is the perfect time to share it!
The Home Among the Trees
Sheltered by the shadows
The home among the trees
It has long since been abandoned
But still protected by the leaves
To think of all the hands
A single tree could hold
For every branch, a hand
A family to unfold
To think if only one day
The house were found again
The secrets come unlocked
The Past, our forgotten Friend.
Each ring on every stump
Each vein on every leaf
Behold, the line of Adam
The blood of fairest Eve.
Though now the house is empty
The trees are growing still
Though now the house is empty
The trees are growing still
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