As some of you may know, one aspect of the Latter Day Saint faith is to do research about your family and their personal history. I like to know not only their names, but also a little about them. I have been blessed to discover that I am a descendant and relation to several movers and shakers of the past as well as from a royal blood line. This helped me immensely personally because I had struggled with the question "Who am I?" for years, and although I am still discovering the answer to that question, a part of the answer has been, for me anyway, to look into the past and see the family members from which I come from...something that had been lost for generations, or a fact that only a few elderly members of the family knew.
I am grateful to have the honor of becoming the historian of my generation for my family, and even if you are not a member of the LDS Church, I encourage you for your own personal reflection and sense of gratitude to research your own family lines and learn of your ancestors. There is a blessing in the book of Malichi that refers to 'the hearts of the children will return to their fathers and the hearts of the fathers to their children' It is a commandment in the Old Testament, therefore should be honored not only in LDS, but other denominations and religions as well.
May the Lord of Heaven bless your efforts to learn of your roots, as well as your family.
God Bless!
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