Tomorrow is
Thanksgiving!
Many of us will gather with family, young and old ...
As genealogists we often talk about family trees. As family historians we have learned that the
“kids” (and many adults also) are not necessarily as passionate about family
trees as we are!
I’d like to suggest that maybe we just aren’t talking about
the “right” family trees! Maybe we need
to add some pizzazz by talking about non-human family trees!
Not too long ago there was discussion about the creation of
a comprehensive family tree for birds! Well,
that got me thinking, are there other “family trees” out there with which
family members might identify! Who
knows, if you can get them talking about “any” family tree, might their own
personal one eventually get the attention it deserves?!?!?
Here are a few “fun” ones that I found (each image came from one of the listed websites):
Are there other fun ones out there? Which one did your family enjoy most?
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There's a very cool website for generating "family trees" for bands, which regularly change members, and musicians are often in more than one band. The Unix operating system (and its many derivatives) has a complex "family tree," which can be seen on Wikipedia, or a gigantic chart here.
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