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8 Generations of Maternal History

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𝐌𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲.  𝐌𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 (𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠) with her parents, sisters, brother, brothers-in-law, and nieces. 8 generations of my maternal family history  through photographs.   I am the 7th generation. So, listing all the generations before me and their history here with photographs/paintings.  Much work has gone into compiling all this information.  Hope you enjoy this valuable part of history that I like to share.  In the west the trend to find your ancestry started around 20 years ago when President Clinton decided to do it and went to Ireland to visit the places of his ancestors.  People in the United States pay thousands of dollars to trace their lineage which got me thinking… what kind of legacy am I leaving my children/grandchildren/great-grandchildren? So decided to document it. I am one of the more fortunate ones I guess who could trace my ancestry to seven generations prior. Karanavars (patriarchs) in my family diligently documented the histor