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lil  ·  2800 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: July 27, 2016

    On the side of working further into my own family history . . . I'm expecting to get a lot outta this one seeing as my fathers side of the family is the one I have the most trouble connecting the dots with.
What a lucky opportunity you have to interview this person. I was recently asked this question:

"Why would someone want to search for dead relatives?"

What are your answers?

AWESOME challah, btw. Have a fab shabbos tomorrow night.





user-inactivated  ·  2799 days ago  ·  link  ·  

On a personal level, recovering dead relatives' pasts are in an effort to shape my own identity: to find where I come from, how I relate to others in my nuanced lineage of a people fleeing Europe. I'm interested in the stories of how I got HERE of all places. If anything, the only token or homage I can pay to my ancestors that payed it forward so far to ensure their own survival is to remember them, at the least. I'd venture to guess the lame version of that paragraph is I'm another 3rd generation American seeking to find his roots in a nation claiming to be a melting pot. But that's boring. :)

Thank you much! I hope you have a restful one tonight.