My Family Essay

My family consists of more than thirty people from across the map. I have four uncles and 1 aunt on my dad’s side and they each have at least one kid and even they have their own children as well. Compared to my fathers’ side, my mother’s side is a lot smaller. My mother’s family consists of my Aunt Rachel who is 47 and my Uncle Joe who is 49, and is my aunt’s younger brother. Total, I have 2 cousins on that side, but only by marriage and I don’t see them as much. My mother’s name is Melissa and…

child, family values were instilled in my siblings and I from a young age. These values were shaped through the influence of religion and example. The strongest agent of socialization that affects my decisions and life is that of family. Considering that family is the closest to us in our young lives, it is only fitting that many of our life decisions are based on what we are taught in the family setting. Growing up I always knew that I wanted to love someone the way my mother loves my…

For my genogram, I have chosen to include a large number of family members for multiple reasons. One of these reasons is that I have found that the birth order of my grandparents, who all have multiple siblings, has had a great impact on my grandparent’s personalities, which in turn has impacted my relationship with them. For example, my step-grandfather, Scott, and my paternal grandmother, Lea, are the older siblings in their families, which has given them a much stricter, militant personality.…

How I Learned the Truth about My Family History The stories that I have heard while growing up in the Adcock family sometimes seemed rather far-fetched. Though hearing them from my grandfather, I always assumed them to be true. He told my family many stories. There were stories about the store my family owned, and about how my grandfather fought in the war. There were stories about the hard times and stories about how life was so good “back in the day”. Out of all the stories that he told,…

What does the word family mean? According to the dictionary, the word means, "A fundamental social unit consisting of parents, their children considered as a group whether dwelling together or not.". My meaning of family is the people who love you, support you, give guidance, and share lifelong memories. Being blood-related doesn 't have to be a primary ingredient to make you family. "It 's the people in your life who want you in theirs. The ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who…

When my mother is asked “How many children do you have?”, and the answer is four, everyone is filled with amazement. They may wonder how my parents handle their offspring. There might have conflicts and common problems in big families that are difficult to cope with. However, disagreement has never happened in my family even though I was given more love than my two younger sisters and younger brother from not only my parents but also from my relatives. When I was a baby, I was often taken to my…

Each family is unique. Families can differ from other families in many ways; for example, the quantity of that household and their gender. Parents will raise their children distinctively, as well as treat each child differently, for various reasons. Children will grow up to have different responsibilities in their families. Those responsibilities get chosen for that specific child as they grow. One thing for sure is that parents will love their children unconditionally the same, but due to…

A family health genome or a family health tree is a diagram of a family’s health history over the generations. The tree is used to provide information of genes that may possibly be inherited from parents, grandparents, and ancestors. Making a family genome involves mapping the family’s structure, recording family history and information, and finding family relationships (BOOK). In this paper I will analyze my family genome and examine my family’s strengths and weaknesses, as well as review each…

My interviewees included my grandfather Gregory Mears Bailey Sr., my grandmother, Martha Bailey, my father Gregory Mears Bailey Jr., and my mother Rhonda Hale. I selected to do my father and his parents because the Bailey side of my family predominantly raised me. Although my mother played a role in my life for a time before my parents’ divorce I wanted to also include her side of the family. All of the interviews were conducted over the phone due to distance issues of me being in Ohio and the…

of my family, tends to make me feel downhearted. It seemed that the days went faster than anticipated. All the moments my family and I shared have made me realize how much I miss the “good old days.” As I have developed loving relationships and lasting memories, I want to make sure that my children forge the same impressions. Just like I learned to work as a family and uphold tradition, I would only hope to do the same for the next generation. A vivid memory of mine is a time when all of my…