Discover your family history

Feel closer to family—and learn more about who you are—by looking at the past.

Your family history is the story of the people in your family who came before you. That includes your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Knowing your family history can help you feel more connected to your family, and research suggests it also gives you a stronger sense of identity and well-being. Here’s how you can start learning about your ancestry. Talk to your family Start by asking relatives if you can speak with them about your family’s history. You can ask them if you can record them on audio or video, or you can take written notes. To get the conversation going, ask a few fun questions about their life growing up (see the ideas in the box at right). You can also ask them to name some…

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