Liam has been working on a heritage assignment for school. The assignment was to learn about the background of his family, interview family members, and write down family stories. This project will culminate in a unit about Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty and immigration. Liam decided to make his project a 2 topic assignment. He included a section for his Biological Heritage and his Family Heritage, since both parts make up who he is. Because we have limited information from his birth family, we had him complete a DNA kit for his biological section. His results were not that surprising. He is mostly German, French and English. He has a touch of Scandinavian and Baltic and a very small trace from the areas of Poland and the Ukraine.
For his Family Heritage, he decided to interview Grandpa Herman. We also toured parts of New Haven that have Herman Family memories in them. We went the church cemetery and found Valentine Herman's grave (he was the one to build the family homestead). We also went the Herman Family farm, which is now a subdivision, but the house is still standing. We also got a copy of the Family Tree. It has been an interesting assignment. We have learned a lot from it. It is neat to have so many family connections in our church and school.
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