My Family Genogram Examples

a. There are no first generation Americans in my genogram.

b. I do not have any migrants in my genogram.

c. My mother’s parents were from the south, more specifically, from the mountains of Virginia. Their cultural background is designated from this area.

d. My family from both sides of my parents are all white. As far as educational background, most of the elders through the second generation only had a high school diploma, not until the third generation did my family go to college.

e. My father’s mother was raised as a German Baptist, but when she married my grandfather, a Lutheran, she left the church.

f. My mother’s parents did not have a formal high school education, aside from that all other family members have had a high school

My mother’s parents and family had a strong influence on me growing up. We were always closer to my mother’s side. I think that is because my father’s parents died when I was very young. Having said that, growing up the women did the cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the children and the men took care of the yardwork and maintenance around the house. I am sure that sounds stereotypical by today’s social standards, but this is how I was raised.

j. Heart disease has had a significant presence within my family.

k. When someone is ill, my family mostly takes care of each other. As a child and being sick, my mother was always the caregiver in our family. She would tend to our needs and nurture myself, as well as my siblings back to health. Depending on the severity of the illness, especially with my aunts and uncles aging, I have witnessed them become sick and their loved one can no longer care for them and hospice has been called in. Overall, my family takes care of each other and makes sure if they cannot someone will provide them with the care they need.

l. I think the elders within my family are treated with more respect. Not to say that we do not respect everyone within our family, but I believe it is of a different kind of respect that we give to the elders. They are aging and I believe we tend to their needs and make sure they are living within satisfactory