family history

When you compile a family history, you focus on your direct ancestors (for which you need the basic information: names, dates, etc), but rather than just typing them into a software package or writing them on a nice chart, you gather details about their lives.

These details then begin to intertwine as the stories of one generation blend into the next (which makes sense since when your parents were born, your grandparents would have stories about them).

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