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Heeey all :D
Okay, thanks to everyone who answered my Family History question, and now to my new question.
The thing about writing an essay on my family history is that..I have none. My family is pretty screwed up. My parents basiccaly "divorced" from their families, and know nothing about them. So I can't contact their parents to know any more about my ancestors either.
So I figured, I'll just go with the little I have..you know, make the best of it. But that means, since my essay will suck, I have to do a really GREAT introduction and summary/ final words. But how can I start it off?
My first though was to say something like "Not many people know alot about their family history..bla bla bla" but that made it really hard to start talking about my family. So I gave up on that and figured I'll do "In ((insert graveyard name) there's 94 graves, 5 of them belonging to my family. In grave number 1 theres "name" who did this, moved there, had these children e.t.c e.tc" You get the picture, right? Go from one grave to the other until I've told about my whole family..ending with me. But that didn't work either, so what do I do? What CAN I do? How do I start off this essay? And is there any good ways to end it? Like I need to make it fun to read, or atleast make sure its worth remembering/reading again..since the rest will suck. Is there any "final sentence" that can make it kind of dramatic or whatever?
Any ideas? Thank you alot ♥ (link)
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Hey i don't know what your teachers are like or whether this would be acceptable but why not turn this assignment on its head and talk about people who know nothing about their families- adopted kids, "divorced" kids like your parents and so on. Would it be possible to talk to your parents about why they chose to do what they did? Then you could lead on to the idea that every family has its secrets, what makes yours different is that it's your family itself that is the secret.
This could be a pretty cool essay about when familes go wrong and the mystery people shroud it in. It'd certainly stand out amongst 30 other essays just tracing back family names and dates of birth. good luck!
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that's a pretty good idea, you're awesome :o) ♥
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