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---I truly believe it is important for everyone to have a knowledge of his/her past because what we are has, in many respects, been determined by those who came before us. Although some would not find this so important, I firmly believe that a link with the past and those that share a common ancestry leads to a better understanding of ourselves and gives a sense of continuity and completion to our lives.
---I have always enjoyed history, and genealogy has fascinated me from the time I was a young boy growing up in central and western Oklahoma. Although I had no siblings, I was part of a large extended family of cousins. aunts, uncles and grandparents who were never far away.
---This unity of loved ones gave me an appreciation for family that I hold dear to this day. (One of the tragedies of modern life is that the extended family and its benefits have vanished. We are no longer "never far away" but seemingly dispersed to the winds in this mobile society of today.)
---It also instilled in me an abiding interest in finding out from where and who I came. And with that knowledge, what ancestral factors contributed to the mix of genetics, values and perhaps beliefs that I now shared? Fascinating...
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