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    Dury Family History

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    Drury is English. This family descended from John De Drury, the son of a Norman French nobleman, who fought his way to power in England along with William the conqueror in 1066. The Drury’s held large estates in Suffolk, England for centuries. Their coat of arms from the 1200’s has a Tau cross between two gold stars on a green band across the top of a silver shield. The family in later years moved over to the United States to get a better life and like people would say “restart” in the new life of

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    Family Religious History

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    Lixin Guo PHIL 110 – ADF Family Religious History I grew up with my maternal grandparents in China. From an early age, I was taught the notion of filial piety, paying respect to elderly members while making concessions to the younger members. It plays a central role in my family as well as the families in which my grandparents came from. My grandmother is born in a scholarly family heavily influenced by teachings of Confucianism. Strict rules apply to how children should behave to show respect to

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    Family History Reflection

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    Reflection of My Family History What can I say about my family? Honestly, hardly know jack shit about my family's history. As of now, I know that both my Biological parents were born in Puerto Rico. In addition, please be mindful that the man who is supposedly is my biological father; I did not have a chance to meet his ass until I was 24 years old. Furthermore, I never would have met this fucking man had it not been for me calling my Titi Carmen (Aunty Carmen) in Puerto Rico. Before I go too deep

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    Family Health History

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    Family Health History Report Everyone feels anxiety as some point in their life time. However, I cannot remember a moment that I didn’t have anxiety of some sort. As well as me, my dad and Aunt also both had suffered and continue to this day to have anxiety; however they didn’t let it take control of them. For me, I started to let the anxiety rule my life, it was taking me over. I found myself in the passenger seat of my mom’s car crying, shaking, and pleading my mom to not make me go into a writing

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    History is defined as the study of the science of humanity in the past. It's a broad subject that spans over countless people groups throughout the years that the world has been around. Even before the times we have written word history was still being made, and it is still extremely important. We tend to forget that in our average day to day lives we are still making history. That all over the globe everyone is taking part in what might be in a history book someday.   History isn’t always the glamorous

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    concept behind this design is inspired by the research of my family history. Family history is currently my favorite interest right now. Throughout my school experience, I have heard about Georgia, China’s Art and Egypt histories, however, I had never had any interest in family until after my grandmother passed and watching movies where a characters screams out their lineage. Therefore, I wanted to know where my ancestors stand in history, what did they do as a career, who were they as a person, why

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    My Family History Family history is very important to an individual. By knowing where you come from, you can have a better perspective of your life. Having a clear understanding of your family background allows you to better appreciate the things that you would normally take for granted. The house, the car, and the average clothing may look better when one sees the sacrifices their family has made. They will see that their family has worked very hard just so their family can experience the better

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    Family history is very important to an individual. By knowing where you come from, you can have a better perspective of life. As I have grown up I have noticed that my entire background has influenced by who I am. After interviewing my parents, I realized that they don’t have much knowledge about our ancestral history. I find that our history is regrettably limiting. Because most of the history has been passed down verbally. According to my dad's, our ancestors are from southern China. He explained

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    Our family history is rooted in Texas and Mexico. Discussing our family history with my parents and relatives I have found that my grand-parents and great grandparents were born and raised in Texas. They moved back and forth between Mexico and Texas for work. Both sides of our family always sought work and better opportunities for their families. Our families have been made up of strong men who worked mostly as laborers. My grandfathers and great-grand fathers worked in cotton fields, as ranch

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    as an Immigrant Beginning in the late 19th century and continuing to the early 20th century, many Chinese families struggled to gain social, economic, and educational stature in both China and the United States. In the book, A Transnational History of a Chinese Family, by Haiming Liu, we learn about the Chang family rooted in Kaiping County, China, who unlike many typical Chinese families’ exemplified hard-work and strong cultural values allowing them to pursue an exceptional Chinese-American lifestyle

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