The Ancestral Continuum

 The Ancestral Continuum

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       June 13, 2013

 

Author  Natalia O?۪Sullivan and Nicola Graydon

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ISBN:                 9678-1-84983-756-9
Publisher:         Simon & Schuster
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“The Experience of each generation directly affects those that follow, both directly and indirectly, so looking back into your family tree may well help answer some of the questions you have about your families emotional make-up and inherited traits.”

This is a powerful expert from  the section on Self-discovery but over-all answers so many of the reasons why we all like to delve into our family history, whether it be curiosity and compulsion – we are all fascinated by what went before.

Over the past years the search into Family history has become a massive interest spanning the world as people move, recreate their past and generally get into all sorts of scrapes just living their lives. Some leave documented records and others leave barely a trace of their passing but whatever is left behind, and there is always something, it opens up a Pandora’s box for the living.

Many, if not most families, have secrets hidden in their past and because of this we all, once getting bitten by the Ancestry bug liken ourselves to Detectives, spending hour upon hour tracing the line discovering the clinical route of our heritage.

But O’Sullivan and Graydon have gone one step further into researching family patterns of both physical and mental health, the effect it has had on generation past and present and more directly on self.

More than fascinating reading this is a handbook into the heart of the family: They look at culture, tradition, trauma and inheritance both culturally and personally, religion, traditional festivals, the passing of Relatives and of course the passing of time or history.

Along with this they offer unique methods of touching base with ancestors to be able to help healing the trauma or distress of the past along with so much more.

Finally, after you have done your research they show you how to create your family tree to find out who you really are. Challenging and perceptive, by the end of this journey of self-discovery via your ancestors you will really know who you are!

 

Non Fiction, Personal Development