#ancestory

[lunarmothsystem]

Something I do kind of feel unhappy about is that we did this whole DNA thing a while ago to find family. To connect and feel accepted. When we found out who our bio grandfather was and that we had family on that side we were excited but that was over a year ago. Our dad got to meet his bio dad because of us and was accepted right away but we have only talked to 3 people on that side of the family and only once or twice

Once again we feel like we are thrown to the side.

#ancestory #dna analysis #dna ancestory #vent #parents #geandparents #just griping

[tears-that-heal]

Dia de los Muertos

(November 1 & 2)

my thoughts:

I personally do not celebrate this holiday because of the spiritual beliefs originally tied to it. In my past, Halloween and Dia de los Muertos had a strong attachment to my identity. So I’m not sharing all this information lightly. It is true that both of these holidays look nothing like how they first originated; they’ve been majorly watered down. Regardless, their original intent still stands just in my opinion. Therefore my goal is to bring further historical awareness of this holiday, so others could make their own personal decisions about it. Thank you.

The History of Day of the Dead

El  Dia de los Muertos is perhaps the most popular holiday in Mexico. Families come  together to honor their ancestors. The inevitability of death is accepted rather than  feared. El Dia de los Muertos goes back to the Aztecs, who had not just a few days  but an entire month dedicated to the dead. Festivities were presided over by the goddess Mictecacihuatl  . The annual rite features skeletons, altars and other trappings of death, but the  ancient holiday celebrates life in its embrace of death. The skeletons dance and sing.  Flowers, fruit and candy decorate altars. Death’s morbid side is buried under music and  remembrances.

In the Aztec calendar, this ritual fell roughly at the end of the Gregorian month of  July and the beginning of August. In the post-conquest era it was moved by Spanish priests  so that it coincided with the Christian holiday of All Hallows Eve “Dia de Todos  Santos,” The result is that Mexicans now celebrate the day of the dead during the  first two days of November.

El Dia de los Muertos has evolved in Mexico and other Central American countries  to include visits to graveyards, where families spruce up sites of deceased loved ones.  Revelers construct ofrendas, the offerings set out for returning souls. The spirits  may not partake of the altar’s many confections, but there are plenty of those not among  the life-disenfranchised more than happy to devour the candy skulls, sugar skeletons and  sweet pan de muerto (bread of the dead).

Yellow marigolds, known as “the flower of the dead”, and other fragrant flowers are used to communicate to the spirits the richness of the offering. Sometimes,  paths of marigold petals are spread by families to aid the souls in finding their way  home.

Handmade skeleton figurines, called Calacas, are especially popular. Calacas usually  show an active and joyful afterlife. The celebration of Los Dias de los Muertos, like the  customs of Halloween, evolved with the influences of the Celtics, the Romans, and the  Christian holy days of All Saints Day. But with added influences from the Aztec people of  Mexico. The Aztecs believed in an afterlife where the spirits of their dead would return  as hummingbirds and butterflies. Even images carved in the ancient Aztec monuments show  this belief – the linking the spirits of the dead and the Monarch butterfly.

Experts say that the holiday was nearly forgotten by Mexican-Americans until it was  resurrected in the United States in the early 1970s when Mexican-Americans underwent a  cultural reawakening. The holiday’s popularity has since spread to other races and  cultures.

Sources: The Heard Museum The Arizona Republic

www.lapdonline.org

#dia de los muertos #day of the dead #mexican #mexico #mexican culture #pagan #not christian #history #awareness #holiday #spiritual beliefs #death #celebration of life #ancestory #ancestor worship #spirit realm #the dead #spiritual crossing #channeling #psychic mediums #symbolic #connection with the dead #beware #not a game #red flag symbols for christians

[southdakotagirl1966]

the prairie and the sea...

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#@capecodlife #@CAPECODPHOTOS #@southdakota #@southdakotagram #@southdakotaphotography #ancestors #ancestory #Cape Cod #henrydavidthoreau #homesteading #landscape #mesozoic #middle age #ocean #paleozoic #Photography #prairie #sea

[ehrendame]

#tiktok #Ancestory #:: character study

[mixedupmilly]

Diving into The Evolutionary History of Whales

I have always liked whales, and used as a teenager to collect anything whale or dolphin related such as ornaments, or jewellery. There are plenty of whale and dolphin themed gift ideas here https://amzn.to/3Zwhply Whales are magnificent creatures that traverse the vast expanse of the world’s oceans, communicating through intricate and enigmatic sounds. Their sheer size is awe-inspiring, leaving…

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#ancestory #biggest #discovery #environment #evolution #fossils #graceful #whales

[grounded-african]

Of Bloodlines and Origins

Of Bloodlines and Origins

Bloganuary day 8 Today’s prompt: How far back in your family tree can you go? I was so surprised that this was today’s prompt as, out of the blue, my son and my nephew both asked for access to our family tree this afternoon. Our Family tree was therefore top of mind for me anyway today. How cool is that! We are very fortunate in that my Dad has spent the last few years delving into the history…

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#grounded #groundedafrican #inspiration #positivevibes #quote #ancestory #bloganuary #bloganuary 2023 #Coedmore castle #geneology

[lifeatgraygables]

Slow-Down Sunday -- Toledo- Style -- Here is an 1850's photograph of the Beecher Family. Harriet Beecher Stowe is seated on the right in the photo and "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is written on the photo. The Beecher family are noted abolitionists. Within the photograph are: Edward Beecher, Charles Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher, Catherine E. Beecher, Isabelle Beecher Hooker, Lyman Beecher, Mary Beecher Perkins, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Thomas Beecher, and William Beecher. -- Harriet Beecher Stowe was born in Litchfield, Connecticut in 1811, the sixth child of Lyman Beecher and Roxana Foote. Lyman was best known form being an evangelical preacher of the antebellum era. Born in 1775, he was determined to have a powerful role in the shaping of the new republic. Lyman condemned what he considered the "national sin" of intemperance and the horrors of slavery. -- Harriet was well educated and encouraged to write in the family's parlor. In 1832, Lyman Beecher (father) accepted the presidency of Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati and removed his large family from New England to Ohio. He wanted to "save the West" from the increasing number of Irish and German immigrants who were pouring into the Mississippi valley by providing schooling and seminaries during this time. It is when Harriet is 21, during this transition, that she published her first book, a Geography, where she displayed a picture of the Cincinnati landscape called "the London of the West." -- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) would go on to publish more than 30 books, but it was her best-selling anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, that made her an international celebrity and secured her place in history. -- In 1851, Harriet offered the publisher of the abolitionist newspaper, The National Era, a piece that would "paint a word picture of slavery." She expected to write three or four installments, but Uncle Tom's Cabin grew to more than 40 installments. --- www.thegenealogyinvestigator.com -- #genealogytribe #ohiohistory #historynerd #harrietbeecherstowe #beecherfamily #beecherhistory #antislavery #ancestory #ancestor #familytree #genealogy #thegenealogyinvestigator #historylesson #sundaylearning https://www.instagram.com/p/CgHbVE8utn4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#genealogytribe #ohiohistory #historynerd #harrietbeecherstowe #beecherfamily #beecherhistory #antislavery #ancestory #ancestor #familytree #genealogy #thegenealogyinvestigator #historylesson #sundaylearning

[uncanny-tranny]

I hope the queer ancestors in my family can look at me and smile :)

#lesbian #gay #bi #bisexual #trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #SO sad because my family had a BIG book on our ancestors. and it's gone. #by gone i mean gone. the furthest back i know of is of a great-great grandfather #i saw that one 'you're not the first queer person in your ancestory' post again and it makes me emotional! #i have living relatives who are queer. but gee... queer ANCESTORS who are MINE? wild #it is statistically impossible that out of the thousands of people preceeding me and who made me weren't queer lmao

[koko-from-the-future]

I'm going to say this once and never again - if you feel comfortable calling yourself punk, a witch, a leftist, an anarchist, a cripple, a queer, a tranny, a dyke and your antisemitic...

Block me and choke.

#antisemitism #paganism #anarchism #leftism #cripplepunk #Queer #transgender #Lesbian #wlw #I don't EVER want to interact with you in any spaces I occupy #Even if I didn't have Jewish ancestory on both sides I'd still be disguted by your presence

[incorrect-batfam-quotes-mostly]

ah, the sacred Scottish red head tradition of fighting your hair and crying for 2 hours

#I DONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED #MY HAIR CHOSE VIOLENCE #my scalp hurts and im pouting about it #celtic ancestory is great

[myjustice]

every day i have to actively remind myself that those aren't fins she has on her back & i mourn at the opportunity they wasted by saying they aren't fins she has on her back.

#ooc. ( ready...action! ) #i understand that neuvillette basically ' fixed the issue ' #now every fontainian is a real human as their ancestorial lines had always hoped for #but i mourn you don't understand #i'm huge on the same coin with one different face on each side in my portrayal #her little leftover oceanid fins can i have this

[br1ghtestlight]

i can't find it now but at some point loren bouchard said that bcuz of their last name being belcher, at least one of bob's parents had to come from french canadian ancestory (big bob). I think about this a lot. AND ITS NOT LIKE NEW JERSERY IS KNOWN FOR ITS FRENCH CANADIAN POPULATION

#probably just from france and immigrated during the 1700s which yknow. is Bad #i don't know too much about white american ancestory but here unless you're native you likely only have relatives going back like #a generation or two at most #all my grandparents are immigrants and this is not uncommon for the area. anyway who knows WHAT was going on w/ bob's paternal family #his mom's side was probably just jewish/german/french italian immigrants to new york in the 1920s. many such cases! #txt #bob's burgers

[mazzystar24]

Had to mime ‘straw’ to a barista in Italy because I didn’t know the word for it and needed one for my baby sister

THANK GOD IT WAS A WOMAN I’ll tell you that😭💔

#highlights from my trip last week🫡 #I was a court jester in another life istg #brain cells just leave the building sometimes #also yes I also spoke Spanish to an Italian another time because I needed help getting something off a tall shelf #LISTEN THEYRE BOTH LATIN LANGUAGES AND HE GOT WHAT I MEANT #this post hits different when you know my ancestors #*ancestory

[francescaswords]

"Describe Rotting Trees in one meme."

Read it here

#Ancestory dot com #Rotting Trees #YA contemporary novel #YA contemporary fantasy #YA fantasy #Ancestory.com #indie author #authors of tumblr #fantasy novel

[shehungthemoon]

Anon, you just spammed my inbox with a bunch of messages and I'm not going to bug my followers by clogging their dash with that. If you want to talk then COME OFF ANON so I can respond privately.

And oh, of course. The classic "I have Jewish heritage so I can't be a Nazi" line. If I had a dime...

#dont hide behind some distance ancestory that makes you .2% jewish to defend your jew hatred. you either want us jews to live or you dont. #i'm not going to bother posting someone's arguments with me when they don't even have the guts to say whi they are. #grow up. #judaism #israel #palestine #asks

[hecate-valentine]

My Irish ancestors seeing me simp for an englishman:

#the englishman being ewan mitchell #enemies to lovers? #irish ancestory #they would disown me so damn quick