Family Tree

We are just a tiny leaf on a family tree full of survivors, warriors, rebels, mothers, fathers, soldiers, farmers… They all have stories to tell, experiences to share, hopes, fears, discoveries, adventures. I am here to find them, tell them and honor all those that came before us. Cousins, cousins everywhere… this is for you!

• If you don’t know history, you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree. – Michael Crichton
• We inherit from our ancestors gifts so often taken for granted. Each of us contains within this inheritance of soul. We are links between the ages, containing past and present expectations, sacred memories and future promise. – Edward Sellner
• The thing that interests me most about family history is the gap between the things we think we know about our families and the realities. – Jeremy Hardy
• To forget one’s ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root. – Chinese Porverb
• Let us make future generations remember us as proud ancestors just as, today, we remember our forefathers. Roh Moo-hyun
• I was born by myself but carry the spirit and blood of my father, mother and my ancestors. So I am really never alone. My identity is through that line. Ziggy Marley