Genogram

When we were first talking about the genogram project, I was doubtful. It just sounded like a lot of work. I finally started working on it and was drawn in. I called my dad and drilled him for dates (he has a mind for dates), when I told him the project I was doing, he also got really excited. He begin for share family stories, both good and bad. My dad loves to share family stories, so I had heard almost all of them before. Usually I get angry but I just have to remind myself that someday I will want to remember these stories and being repetative is the best way to remember them. Drawing out my family genogram was the most interesting part. When you see you family on paper it is a lot different than when you think about them. We have had a lot of death in our family. I just thought I was paranoid, but drawing it out made me realize, it was very true. The most interesting part was the relationship between everyone. One of my uncles is not very well liked this became more aparent after I heard stories and was drawing out the relationship lines. I really liked this project and I feel I know my family on a whole different level that I would have never known about before, if I never would have had to draw a genogram.