by Angela J Herrington MA, LSCC | Ancestors, Blog
Who Are My Ancestors? For a long time, I thought ancestors only lived in genealogy books, whispered memories at family reunions, or my memories of elders who had passed away. They were names in obituaries, faces in faded photos, and branches on a tree I didn’t always...
by Angela J Herrington MA, LSCC | Ancestors, Anti-Racism, Blog
For a long time, I thought ancestors were people from my family tree—biological relatives who came before me and passed something down. But I’ve come to understand ancestry differently. An ancestor isn’t just someone who has children. An ancestor is someone whose...