Let us try to get answer for the following questions before we make our family tree...
- How many of us know about our forefathers?
- How many of us know about our inherited talents?
- How many of us know about our ancestors’ success stories?
- How many of us having records on our hereditary diseases and taking preventive steps?
- Do we maintain our medical records from our childhood?
- Are we doing our medical check-up periodically?
- Are we maintaining our career history?
- Do we share our confidential matters with our spouse?
We don not have clear answers… This negligence could be rectified to help our generation...
Certain words are wonderfully related: the Greek word Khronikos means ‘of time’; another Greek word Khronika means ‘time’. The Chinese are known as born chroniclers. Scholars say that Indians fail to give proper care or attention to their history, even to their own family’s past.
Our Genealogical study shows the lines of descent of a family. It is more than a study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics. It recognizes the significant role of our forebears or ancestors in shaping our life. This tree records authentic information of the family and details of own forefathers and foremothers.
The data will maintain details of the family: their maternal, birth, educational attainments, career, special talents, achievements and medical history. Each family will have their own dedicated website and this has to be maintained continuously by successive generations.
Medical History: Industrial developments, mobility, occupational hazards, changes in lifestyle and things unforeseen bring with them illness or a period of sickness. Some of us ‘inherit’ certain diseases. We should be fully informed of our health conditions. This information should be carefully updated to enable our personal physicians or family doctors to offer timely help and support. This will ensure anxiety – free life and happiness. The knowledge of our forefathers’ medical history will help us to seek proper advice in time from our doctors.
