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Reunions may not go as well as expected, so some adopted people can find a lot of satisfaction in finding other relatives, or constructing an ancestral tree, all of which can help with identity and a personal narrative.
Walters will talk briefly about her own adoption story, and discuss the variety of ethical dilemmas that can arise when searching for relatives or ancestors, as described in her books “Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy” and “The Psychology of Searching.”
Walters has been a university lecturer for 30 years in psychology and business studies. Her interest in genealogy began after having her first child and wondering about her own biological parents, as she was adopted. Her DNA testing revealed 94% Irish heritage; as well as insights into her children’s heritage.
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Source: Holly Snyder for Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society
Lisa Alzo
Genealogist Lisa Alzo will present No Easy Button: Using Immersion Genealogy to Understand Your Ancestors at the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society’s free monthly meeting, 9:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 17, via Zoom.
Family history is more than just names, dates and places, or boxes, lines and charts. For 21st century genealogists, it is easy to limit research to the documents or other facts found online, or to what others tell us to be true.
Alzo will talk about how to take genealogy research a step further to understand your ancestors’ lives through immersion genealogy, the process of discovering where they lived, worked and worshipped, and experiencing those customs and traditions they passed down through the generations.