My father knows very little of his family, my grandfather left my grandmother when he was very young and my grandmother, who only died a few years ago was a very difficult woman.
My mother has asked me to do some research in to this family, which is of course as much my family as the family tree I have been doing for my mother's family, but I am really struggling to feel like this is "my" family in the same way as my mother's family.
I wonder if this is because I have pretty nasty memories of my grandmother and my father's family in general has always been a taboo subject.
Has anyone else had similar feelings about starting a tree? I think I am also concerned what I am going to find as I've always had the impression there were things best left alone which was why it was never talked about.
I'd appreciate some other peoples experiences to encourage me to carry on!
Clare
My mother has asked me to do some research in to this family, which is of course as much my family as the family tree I have been doing for my mother's family, but I am really struggling to feel like this is "my" family in the same way as my mother's family.
I wonder if this is because I have pretty nasty memories of my grandmother and my father's family in general has always been a taboo subject.
Has anyone else had similar feelings about starting a tree? I think I am also concerned what I am going to find as I've always had the impression there were things best left alone which was why it was never talked about.
I'd appreciate some other peoples experiences to encourage me to carry on!
Clare
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