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Blogs > akamatt > This 'n That


akamatt 82F
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3/9/2013 11:44 am

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3/9/2013 5:36 pm
Land of our Ancestors

I recently read a story in the AARP magazine about a man who finds out on his mother's dying bed that the father he thought he had was really not his biological dad. The man who was his father was a family friend. His real father was Irish and ironically, by the time he was a teenage, he had fallen hard for all things Irish, telling friends he wasn't even Irish! His first trip after college was to Ireland. he later went on to spent a year in Galway.

The article goes on to say that "there are studies out that suggest we're all born with genetic memories - that we move through time carrying the experiences and cultures of our ancestors." I am half Irish and I know from my own experience that the three times I visited Ireland, I felt very familiar and actually felt at home. I have friends and family who experienced the same feelings.

Have you had a similar feeling visiting the country(ies) of your ancestors?



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