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Tracking Down Details About Your Mentally Ill Ancestors

There are some things that are talked about and understood so much more now than they were in years past. When you are exploring your family history, you may find that there are ancestors that people are reluctant to discuss, or for whom many details are missing. It is possible that these ancestors may have suffered from a mental illness, for which they may have been hospitalized in a mental institution. Mental illness was very much misunderstood until quite recently, if you look at it from a historical perspective. During the 1930’s, frontal lobotomies (removing part of the brain) were … Continue reading →

Family Health History – Is There Really An AppFor That?

Your doctor has probably asked you at one time or another about your family health history. If you responded to your doctor’s inquiry by saying “What’s a family health history” or if you have some information written down but forgot to bring it with you, you will be pleased to know that there is a way you can avoid such embarrassment the next time your doctor asks you about it. You see, like many things these days, there’s an app for that. Unfortunately, that app may not serve the purpose of providing your entire family medical history, as I found … Continue reading →

Your Medical Family Tree Could Be Inaccurate

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Many genealogists take the time to put together two different types of family trees. The traditional family tree shows connections between one ancestor and another. A medical family tree can give you, and your doctor, clues about health issues that you might be at risk for. However, if your medical family tree is inaccurate, then it isn’t of very much value after all. When you gather information for a medical family tree, you are doing it for the purposes of creating a tool that could give you clues about your health. One of the important things to track for a … Continue reading →