Translating your past : finding meaning in family ancestry, genetic clues, and generational trauma /
Uncover the spiritual strength of your family story. We all have a desire to learn more about where we've come from, and technology has made this more possible than ever. But our family stories are more than a list of DNA results on a piece of paper or a bunch of fading Kodachrome images fillin...
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Harrisonburg, Virginia :
Herald Press,
[2022].
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Table of Contents:
- Message in a bottle: Learning to pay attention to the story the past is telling us
- The original family tree: Anchoring ourselves in a larger story as we delve into our own family history
- Decoding the double helix: Deciphering the language of our DNA
- The unwanted "gift" that keeps giving: Understanding how trauma can encode itself into our family history
- Patterns and promises: Identifying the consequences of our forebears' decisions
- Filling in the blanks: Listening to the mysteries in our family narrative
- For this child I prayed: Discovering the blessings and challenges of adoption in a family's story
- Who are my people? Discerning the ways that race, ethnicity, and religion shaped the experience and identity of our ancestors
- From generation to generation: Interpreting the past gives meaning to our present and helps us create an informed, faithful legacy for the future.