QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR ANCESTORS

SUGGESTION: Copy the questions below, answer them, and then email me your responses!

NOTE: Thanks to Toni Fine for developing these questions!

• Other than their children, what would they be most proud of?
• What would be their greatest regret?
• What would be their most treasured memories?
• What would be their most treasured values? (I.e. what would they be willing to speak up for or against within the family, the country, or in other situations?)
• What people or events most shaped who they were? How?
• What would they personally want to see carried on in the family (maybe after the answer of religion)?
• What qualities did they embody? (e.g., tenacity, wisdom, humor, outspokenness, …)
• What would you have guessed would have been their secret ambition, hope, or dream?
• After survival, financial security and health, what is the one thing that would have made them really happy?
• What in the world of politics bothered them most?
• What in the world of religion bothered them most?
• What in the world of family bothered them most? (Please don’t give names!!! Speak in generalities.)
• What hobbies did they have? What recreational activities did they enjoy?
• Tell us about any other defining character traits or physical characteristics.