Family Genogram Analysis

Everyone’s story begins with family, every experience within this complex system is integrated into who one becomes and what one values. In constructing a genogram of my family of three generations, starting with my grandparents, my parents and myself I have been able to identify patterns on both my paternal and maternal sides of the family. The patterns found were language barriers, affaires, divorce, abuse, anxiety and miscarriages.
Language barrier My grandparents on my paternal and maternal sides of the family all came from Puerto Rico. They came seeking a better future for their children; my grandfathers were the ones who were working, while my grandmothers were at home. Both my grandfathers Ruben and Miguel learned enough English to get jobs at farms and various factories. Meanwhile, my grandmothers Elda and Maria did not learn much English, causing them to be more isolated. Although they adjusted to living in the US, they always emphasized the importance of knowing ones roots and speaking Spanish.

On my maternal side of the family, my grandmother Maria had one miscarriage; my mother Esmeralda had four miscarriages, and my aunt Miriam had one miscarriage. On my paternal side of the family my grandmother Elba had one miscarriage, my Aunt Mini had three miscarriages, and my aunt Jeanette had one miscarriage. I can imagine that this caused extreme sadness and added to stress within their relationships. I do remember my mom having her last miscarriage when she was pregnant with twins; it was a difficult time for all of us. In fact, I kind of thought about this more after getting married and finding out that it would be difficult for me to become pregnant. It is attention grabbing to see how for the past three generations this has been a problem for the women in my family. This problem will most likely carry on to the future generations impacting the lives of the women and their