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...I've been told growing up, or later learned, so much about ancestors who died before I was born that I feel as though I do know them quite a bit; I feel connected. I've read journals, letters, published articles, family-made biographies, research notes, etc. I have come to admire various qualities they have, how they lived their lives, how they endured difficult times, etc. They are a part of me, where I come from.