After you have started investigating into your family history,
you could develop a kindred feeling or spiritual bond with a
certain ancestor. You may have known them when you were younger
or they could have lived years before your birth. It is this
unusual connection and longing to learn as much as possible
about a particular relative that almost becomes an obsession.
However, this is a good obsession. As information is gained
about this ancestor, like certain characteristics or talents,
you may see aspects of your own personality. If you learn the
relative was a singer, an extrovert, a writer or an artist; and
these are some of your talents, the attachment is established.
Then there might be similar physical appearances; such as red
hair, tall in statue or curly hair. Special skills or behaviors
might be learned about an ancestor. Their spelling ability,
carpentry skills, love of fishing, gardening aptitude, may well
be shared interests of you, the researcher. The ancestor you
develop a special kinship might