I don’t exactly know who really gifted it, but it changed my life forever. It was when I found MyHeritage in 2007 and began researching our family history. I was 14 years old and my autistic passion was powerfully ignited by this deep discovery of my roots. I spent many hours every day to research and record our ancestry. (I was undiagnosed at that time, btw).
There are physical gifts included in this kind of interest, especially photos and other images of relatives and ancestors going back many generations. I love pictures and it’s one of my favourite aspects of genealogy, my grandfather gave me many old photos of his side of family. I wish he was still here so I could thank him again.
Many, many years later my father (I don’t really know him) agreed to do the DNA-test because I wanted to know more about our roots and this is one of the best gifts I have gotten in adult life. It shows me that sometimes the best things are inside of us always, our connection via DNA and history.
This is both interesting, insightful and fun. I cannot imagine life without genealogy, and it’s my roots and my destiny together.
thank you for reading this ❤
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