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Help[Opinions] Re: ditto (m)
in reply to a message by vigdis
Right, I feel like you have a closer relationship with your ancestors than most people just because of circumstance. But that might not be true, and it's not my place to judge anyway. Any opinion anyone has is going to come from their own experience, and I just know that once I figured out my motives for being family tree obsessed I got a little disenchanted.
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Same here. A while ago, I tried starting a family tree and was enjoying it until I realized a lot of it had to do with fear of death. Then it got to a point when the people in my line were nothing more than names on a piece of paper, and that I knew nothing about them- not their likes and dislikes, their hobbies, their favorite color, nothing . I felt no connection to those people other than, "Well, they bumped uglies and made more people who bumped uglies until that made me . La dee da."
I know that one day I will just be a name on a piece of paper, if I'm lucky. But you know what? That's all right. I'm enjoying what I have now, and that's already more than what anyone can hope for. Immortality is a great idea, but isn't there for most people.
I know that one day I will just be a name on a piece of paper, if I'm lucky. But you know what? That's all right. I'm enjoying what I have now, and that's already more than what anyone can hope for. Immortality is a great idea, but isn't there for most people.
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