The Stories We Become: Tips for Tracing Your Genealogical Roots
by Lauren Jonik Family—blood or chosen—helps us to orient in the world and find our place by understanding not only where we come from, but where we have the potential to go. My passion for genealogy was ignited on a rainy day in my 10th year. My grandmother and aunt had prepared a booklet listing all of the relatives and ancestors dating back to my great-grandparents. Suddenly, my Irish, German and Polish heritage took on a new dimension. I began…