My Family Genogram

Doing a Genogram about my family history, beliefs, and culture is somewhat difficult for me due to a number of reasons. One being that I never met my biological father therefore don’t know anything of the family background that compiles half of my genetic make up, another reason being because I know very little of my mother’s extended family, and frankly because I don’t think we really have many structured family beliefs. Before I dive into the cultural beliefs that my family has, let me quickly explain my family dynamic. My mother was one of two daughters. My aunt Debra moved to Texas before I was born and to this day I have never met her or anyone in her family. My grandfather on my mother’s side moved out of state before I was born and died when I was very young. My mother had a total of six children from four different fathers. Two of which were never in my life which includes my biological father. This left me with my closest family members being my mother, grandmother, siblings, sister’s father, and brothers’ father. In my immediate family household which consisted of my mother, two …show more content…
I am truly proud of where I come from and readily embrace that aspect of my background. What I have most difficult owning of my cultural identity is my ethnic background. Growing up I used to celebrate the Italian heritage of my dad and brothers. Since my skin is darker complected then everyone in my family. People used to tease me that I was Hispanic, or Arab. I used to counter this by telling everyone I was Italian anytime anyone asked. I spent most of my childhood being on the buttend of Italian “greaseball-dago” jokes. Until I finally faced reality that I’m not really sure that I am Italian due to the fact that I never met my biological father and know very little about him. I finally faced the reality that if I am Italian it is a very small