Marcel Proust Quotes

As you get older, you get more... genealogical.

Everybody's got family, or they don't have family, but they come from somewhere.

People like to trace their ancestry.

Blue Ivy can say she knows who her great-great-great-great-grandfather is. How many people can say that?

Mum and I were delighted to find out we were descended from 'bog-trotters.'

I know my father and my mother, but beyond that I cannot go. My ancestry is blurred.

It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations.

There's no traditional three act structure - or beginning, middle and end - to a family tree. By its nature, it has almost infinite different branches, or episodes, to explore in every direction.

I was born by myself but carry the spirit and blood of my father, mother and my ancestors. So I am really never alone. My identity is through that line.

For a while, I thought a lot about lineage. Where do I belong? Who am I standing next to?

I am proud of my family.

I never, by any regard, ever denied any part of my family roots.

A man's ancestry is a positive property to him.

When our hearts turn to our ancestors, something changes inside us. We feel part of something greater than ourselves. Our inborn yearnings for family connections are fulfilled when we are linked to our ancestors.

I really appreciate the British part of my family.

Rosecrans is a family name - it used to be a last name in our family.

My mom's side of the family is from Arkansas!

I've known where my heritage is from all along.

My goal is to get everybody in America to do their family tree.

The truth is very few of us are related to Napoleon or Cleopatra. Although, those are bad examples as I am actually descended from both of them.

I love many places to which I have no connection, but identifying an ancestor, or someone I think is an ancestor, has taken me to places I'd never have gone to otherwise.

You can properly call him a son of anything you please.

I was researching my family tree, and I was deeply hoping I was going to turn out to be Eastern European, but I'm not.

If you remember your lineage, you will never feel lonely.

She is descended from a long line that her mother listened to.