After telling my mom about my new project, I asked her if
she had any suggestions for where I should start. I am most interested in
tracing my mom’s side of the family because it is her great-aunt (ish – I’m not
sure about the exact relation) after whom I am named (my middle name, not my
first). My mom advised me to contact her cousin, who is very interested in
genealogy and who has actually already done some work trying to piece together
our family tree. Since this cousin does have a Facebook, I feel that it will be
fairly simple to get in touch with her and to learn about my mom’s side of the
family from her. However, I am planning to wait a few days – maybe even a week
– to contact her because that side of the family is experiencing an emergency
right now, and I want to give everyone time to process and face this family
situation.
As for the final form and presentation of my project, at
this point I am thinking that I would really like to create a family tree using
posterboard or something, and actually draw out a tree. In addition, since I
know that we are all descendents of the stars and planets (stardust), I would
probably attach stars and other space objects (planets, comets, the sun) to the
tree, perhaps with pipe cleaners. (I am imagining a colorful, artsy project in
my head that might not truly happen as I am envisioning it, since I have very
little visual artistic talent.)
I guess I’m imagining something kind of like this, with
stars attached to the top.
I’m really excited about my project and I can’t wait to get
started!
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