You are very lucky to know your ancestry at such length. I can not go back two generations. On my maternal side because of the donmeh in Turkey, on my paternal side, the Italian facists coming down through Albania. Both situations my great grandparents could not go back and pick up the pieces. And both are the product of the same 'people'. Sometimes I sit in a public place and hear so many people with accents and think "Most of us have been severed from our roots". Then I wonder how far back any of those people can go on their family tree and if they understand the hurt they may have in the future generations.
You are very lucky to know your ancestry at such length. I can not go back two generations. On my maternal side because of the donmeh in Turkey, on my paternal side, the Italian facists coming down through Albania. Both situations my great grandparents could not go back and pick up the pieces. And both are the product of the same 'people'. Sometimes I sit in a public place and hear so many people with accents and think "Most of us have been severed from our roots". Then I wonder how far back any of those people can go on their family tree and if they understand the hurt they may have in the future generations.
Thank you so much for restacking - and thanks again for your essay which inspired this.