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Dan Tepsic seated in the meeting place of the Great Books Discussion Group.

How to Guard Against

Wintertime Heart Attacks

page 6

Panama: the Country, the

Canal, and a 100th Anniversary

page 8

Inside:

By Chelsea Peifer

The moment you finish a great book is the moment you want to tellsomeone about what you read.

Certain books stir questions and create a desire for discussion. But afterhigh school and college, many people lose the groups and resources theypreviously had at their disposal to share about what they are reading.

Book clubs can be a good fit for some readers, but a club tailored to deepdiscussion is something of a treasure these days.

For the last five years, Dan Tepsic has had the privilege of coordinatingthe Great Books Discussion Group at his local library.

“It’s an opportunity to read all of the great thinkers in the past,” explainedTepsic. “You get to read a vast selection, including economics, classicliterature, poetry, politics, and religion.

“You realize after reading all of these things that while the context haschanged, human nature has not,” he said.

The themes in historical literature are the same themes found in storiestold and written in the present time. Group discussions commonly return totimeless themes of reality versus imagination, lust for greed, and so forth.

Discussion Group Coordinator SeesWorld through Great Writers, Travel

Expanding Minds,Broadening

Horizons

please see HORIZONS page 12

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When Gene George was in highschool in Watertown, Mass.,in the early 1940s, nobody

had ever heard of a nuclear bomb. Thefact that we were secretly working todevelop one was perhaps the best-keptsecret of World War II.

But for George, those were carefreedays, with the greatest challenge being toplay the saxophone in his high school’smarching band and playing in a smallcombo that performed weekends at aChinese restaurant.

When he graduated from WatertownHigh School in 1942, however, the draftwas in full swing. And in September1942, he was drafted.

A friend had told him of the wondersof service in the Coast Guard, so hethought he’d give that a try. Butproblems with his teeth caused the CoastGuard to turn him down.

The best they could offer him was to

suggest he trythe Navy.When he did,he found thatthe Navy wasglad to havehim.

Soon hewas on hisway toSampsonNavalTrainingBase in NewYork state, ahuge, 2,500-acre base where more than400,000 men were to train during thewar. George was part of a company thatwas assigned to KP (kitchen police).

Remarkably, the Navy chief who wasassigning men to specific jobs was BobDaughters, who had played second basefor the Boston Red Sox. More

importantly,he had beenone of themen towhomGeorge hadsoldnewspapersas a highschooler.

So theywere oldfriends, andthat led toGeorge’s

being assigned to a cushy job in the“broom closet,” as the guy who passedout the brooms and mops rather then theguy who had to wield them.

After basic, he trained at the NavalMedical Corps School in Portsmouth,Va., where he studied anatomy and firstaid, learning to give shots and bandage

wounds. And that led to an assignmentat the naval hospital in Portsmouth,where he served in the orthopedic ward.

“I made a lot of lifelong friends there,”he says. “The head corpsman there wasmy best man when I married.”

His next assignment was to the USSSanctuary, a brand-new hospital ship thatwas headed for the Pacific. He says hewas in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, helpingto load supplies for the ship, when alieutenant asked him if he could form aband to perform on the ship.

How did he even know that Georgewas a musician?

“I don’t know,” George says. “Isuppose he spotted my saxophone that Icarried with me. In any case, I roundedup a talented 17-member group, some ofwhom had played with the big bands.The drummer, for example, had playedwith Glenn Miller and was a good friendof Glenn’s.”

He Saw Up Close the Havoc from the A-bombson Nagasaki and Bikini Atoll

Robert D. Wilcox

Salute to a Veteran

The band put together by Charles E. (Gene) George(second from right, first row).

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The Sanctuary passed through thePanama Canal and arrived in Hawaiifour days before the surrender of theJapanese on Sept. 2, 1945.

“We then sailed to Nagasaki, Japan,”he says. “Our band played every night onthe promenade deck before the movieswere shown. In Nagasaki, I rememberthat we played at an afternoon tea at theConsulate.

“I looked out the windows of theConsulate and saw everything simplyflattened, from the Mitsubishi AircraftFactory to the rest of Nagasaki.Everything was just a wasteland. Theblast went north and south and, for somereason, not so much east and west wherethe camps holding American POWswere.

“We picked up sick, injured, andambulatory cases to bring them home. Iremember that the captain who was ourchief medical officer told our skipper

that we had room for1,100. The skipper, whowas only a commander,said flatly, ‘We’re takingthem until they quitcoming.’ And we left forSan Francisco with 1,176aboard from six differentPOW camps.

“On the way, we werehit with a typhoon, and Ihave to say that I wouldnever want to do thatagain. We had twodestroyer escorts, andthey tucked in closebehind us so we couldbreak the mountainouswaves and prevent theirtaking water down their stacks andsending them to the bottom.

“We were doing 21 knots, and thewaves were coming at 22, so we were

barely holding our own. Ibelieve I might have beenthe only one on our shipwho wasn’t sick duringthat blow.”

George later wasassigned to the trooptransport ship, the USSWharton, when it sailedin the spring of 1946 totake observers to theBikini Atoll for the firstnuclear bomb tests sinceNagasaki.

The Navy needed toinvestigate the effect ofnuclear weapons onnaval ships. One bombnamed Abel was

detonated at 500 feet above the atoll, andanother named Baker was detonated 90feet under water. Each was the equivalentof 23 kilotons of TNT, and the radiation

contaminated all the target ships.Wasn’t George concerned about the

effects of the radiation? “Not then,” he says. “It was a question

of ‘ignorance is bliss.’ None of us knewanything about what radiation could do.”

And did he have any effect from it? “Well,” he answers with a shrug, “I’m

anemic, and that might have hadsomething to do with that.”

George retired from the Navy in July1963 as a chief hospital corpsman. Incivilian life, he worked as safety officer atthe Naval Supply Depot inMechanicsburg and is proud of havinglong served in his local honor guard,which honors our fallen heroes.

He now lives in an area retirementcommunity—and still fits in his WorldWar II uniform.

Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber inEurope in World War II.

Gene George in 2003 whileserving in a local honor guard.


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• The average groundhog is 20inches long and normally weighsfrom 12 to 15 pounds.(Punxsutawney Phil weighs about20 pounds and is 22 inches long.)

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On New Year’s Eve 1913, a 12-year-old boy celebrated thenight by firing his mother’s .38

caliber pistol. He was arrested and sentto the Negro Waifs Home for 18months.

What could have been a devastatingexperiencing for a young boy proved tobe an auspicious, life-changing time. Thejuvenile home had a band master whotook an interest in the boy, giving him abugle and teaching him to play.

Louis Armstrong fell in love with theinstrument, learned to read music, and,before a year ended, was playing thecornet while leading the home’s brassband.

Though the introduction to musicwas important, perhaps as vital was thesense of discipline he picked up andcarried with him for the rest of his life.

When Armstrong was released fromthe Negro Waifs Home in 1915, he

wasn’t old enough to work with a band,so he earned money from a variety ofsources: delivering coal and beer, sellingbananas,peddlingnewspapers,delivering milk,and foraging ingarbage cans forfood to bringhome or sell torestaurants.

Saving asmany pennies ashe could,Armstrong beganto take trumpetlessons from Joe“King” Oliver, the outstanding exponentof jazz in the New Orleans area.

By age 16, Armstrong and his hornwere inseparable, and he was playingnightly. Within five years, he glided

through the tiers of musicalestablishments, moving throughnightclubs and riverboats to become one

of the top brassmusicians in thearea.

Then, in 1922,his teacher andmentor, Oliver,invited Armstrongto join his CreoleJazz Band inChicago. Thoughhe spent less thantwo years withOliver, the timewas a huge boostto Armstrong’s

morale and provided him with greaterexperiences in public performance.During this time he switched from thecornet to the trumpet.

Additionally, while playing with

Oliver, Armstrong met and married hissecond wife, Lil Hardin, who convincedhim to form his own band and to startmaking phonograph records.

In 1925, Armstrong learned thatChicago’s Okeh Records wanted toassemble a small combo of New Orleanstransplants to record jazz, and Armstronginvited a few friends to join him incutting some records.

That group—called the Hot Five andlater the Hot Seven—revolutionized jazz.Armstrong and his group developed themelodic, rhythmic style that all the bigbands of the 1930s and 1940s wouldadopt.

He brought swing dancing to theworld, and the world loved him inreturn. Armstrong became the first blackcrossover musician, whose musicappealed widely to black and whiteaudiences.

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Dear Savvy Senior,When I had a mild heart attack about

six months ago, my doctor told me I neededto be extra careful during the winter whenrecurring heart attacks are more common. Isthis true? How can the seasons affect yourheart? – Leery Senior

Dear Leery,Everyone knows winter is cold and flu

season, but most people don’t know thatit’s also the prime season for heart attackstoo, especially if you already have heartdisease or have suffered a previous heart

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Heart AttackSeason

In theU.S., the risk

of having aheart attackduring thewinter monthsis twice as highas it is duringthe summer-time. Why?

There are anumber offactors, andthey’re not alllinked to coldweather. Even

people who live in warm climates have anincreased risk. Here are the areas youneed to pay extra attention to this winter.

• Cold temperatures: When a persongets cold, the body responds byconstricting the blood vessels to help thebody maintain heat. This causes bloodpressure to go up and makes the heartwork harder.

Cold temperatures can also increaselevels of certain proteins that can thickenthe blood and increase the risk for bloodclots.

How to Guard Against Wintertime Heart Attacks

Savvy Senior

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February isAmerican Heart

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So stay warm this winter, and whenyou do have to go outside, make sureyou bundle up in layers with gloves anda hat, and place a scarf over your mouthand nose to warm up the air before youbreathe it in.

• Snow shoveling: Studies have shownthat heart-attack rates jump dramaticallyin the first few days after a majorsnowstorm, usually a result of snowshoveling.

Shoveling snow is a very strenuousactivity that raises blood pressure andstresses the heart. Combine those factorswith the cold temperatures, and the riskfor heart attack surges.

If your sidewalk or driveway needsshoveling this winter, hire a kid from theneighborhood to do it for you or use asnow blower.

Or, if you must shovel, push ratherthan lift the snow as much as possible,

stay warm, and take frequent breaks.

• New Year’sresolutions: EveryJan. 1, millions ofpeople join gyms orstart exerciseprograms as part oftheir New Year’sresolution to get inshape, and manyoverexertthemselves toosoon.

If you’re startinga new exerciseprogram thiswinter, take the time to talk to yourdoctor about what types and how muchexercise may be appropriate for you.

• Winter weight gain: People tend to eatand drink more and gain more weight

during the holiday season and wintermonths, all of which are hard on the

heart and risky forsomeone withheart disease.

So keep awatchful eye onyour diet thiswinter and avoidbinging on fattyfoods and alcohol.

• Shorter days:Less daylight in thewinter months cancause many peopleto develop seasonal

affective disorder or SAD, a wintertimedepression that can stress the heart.

Studies have also looked at heart-attack patients and found they usuallyhave lower levels of vitamin D (whichcomes from sunlight) than people with

healthy hearts. To boost your vitamin Dthis winter, consider taking a supplementthat contains between 1,000 and 2,000international units (IU) per day.

And to find treatments for SAD, visitthe Center for EnvironmentalTherapeutics website at www.cet.org.

• Flu season: Studies show that peoplewho get flu shots have a lower heart-attack risk. It’s known that theinflammatory reaction set off by a fluinfection can increase blood clotting,which can lead to heart attacks invulnerable people.

So, if you haven’t already done so, geta flu shot for protection. Seewww.flushot.healthmap.org to find anearby vaccination site.

Jim Miller is a regular contributor to theNBC Today show and author of The SavvySenior Book. www.savvysenior.org

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I’m standing on the deck of a 24-passenger catamaran, watching thesun rise over the Pacific. Yes, that’s

right. The sun is rising over the Pacific.Here, in the

CentralAmericancountry ofPanama, whichis positionedbetween twocontinents andtwo oceans, Ican see a bit ofthe Pacific thatjuts to the east,poking into aportion of theAtlantic. Sowhen the sunrises in the east,it appears overPacific waters.

I find thisintriguing butat the sametime unsettling.But then, manythings inPanama forceme to rearrangemy mind.

The hot-pink hibiscus,the bright-beakedtoucans, theswirling skirtsof the dancers… EverywhereI look, thecountrypulsates withthe psychedeliccolors thatinspired PaulGauguin, andI’m on sensory overload for the first partof my trip.

Then, bingo, I board the MSDiscovery for my cruise through thePanama Canal. The bright colorsdisappear as I enter a more orderedworld, one that’s muted, mechanical, andoften confined by the gray, cement

bricks of the locks. The right side of mybrain wars with the left.

My husband and I are in Panama withGrand Circle Travel, precisely becausetheir tour offers country culture as wellas canal cruising. After all, there’s no

doubt that thefamed waterwayhas made thecountry a placeto be reckonedwith.

One hundredyears ago thisyear, on Aug.15, 1914, theSS Ancon madethe first officialcanal passagebetween theAtlantic andPacific. Byeliminating thelong triparound CapeHorn, theocean-to-oceanjourney wasshortened bymore than8,000 miles.

It was a featthattransformedboth globalcommerce andthe country ofPanama.

In 2015,after a $5.2billionexpansion iscompleted, thecanal will beable to handlelarger ships,thus furtherfueling thecountry’s

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Panama, Panama City, which hasmorphed from a 15th-century settlement(now evident in the ruins of Panama LaViejo) to a 17th-century Spanish colonialtown (quickly becoming the go-toneighborhood for after-hours fun) to a

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High-school students perform traditionalPanamanian dances.

The canal is largely responsible for makingPanama City a hub for international

business.

Women of the Embera indigenouscommunity make baskets from

the fibers of plants that grow neartheir village.


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21st-century metropolis that is both aninternational business center and apopular tourist destination.

The city’s history is fascinating, theatmosphere electric, but still, I’m gladwhen we head out to the rural areas.

In line with our travel company’sphilosophy that meeting local people isas important as seeing historic sites, westop at an agricultural cooperative wherefarmers work together to bring theirproduce to market, a sugar cane farmwhere a husband and wife have a smallcandy-making business, a school whereyoungsters perform traditional dancesand their mothers serve us a homemadelunch, and a private home where theowner teaches us to make one of hisgrandmother’s favorite dishes.

At each place our hosts talk freely,giving us insight into their daily lives. Iemerge from these visits well fed andwell informed.

We learn about yet anotherPanamanian lifestyle when we meet theEmbera people, members of one ofPanama’s seven indigenous tribes. I stepout of our dugout canoe to find a villageof thatched huts perched on stilts, anopen-air schoolhouse, a soccer field, ameeting hall, a woman weaving baskets,and an entire community of people intraditional attire.

The tribal spokesman explains thatopening their village to outsiders allowsthe Emberas to earn a living whilecontinuing to live according to the ways

of their ancestors. It’s a Margaret Meadexperience, and I love every minute.

In between people visits, we take minitreks through the rainforest. Unlike the

men who built the canal, we’re slatheredwith sunscreen, protected with insectrepellent, and our only goals are to see amonkey, spot a toucan, and track acapybara.

We aren’t charged with digging a paththrough a thick jungle where thetemperature is often above 80 degreesand the humidity above 90 percent. Ofthe 80,000 men who worked on thecanal, more than a third died of yellowfever or malaria.

A normal trip through the canal takes10 hours, but we have arrangements fora full daylight passage. Therefore, weenter on the Pacific, head northwestthrough two sets of locks that raise theDiscovery 85 feet above sea level, crossthe Continental Divide, and spend thenight on Gatun Lake.

The next morning we go ashore tovisit the Gatun Dam and take our finalrainforest trek, which reminds us of thetravails that went into building thecanal. Then we re-board our ship, gothrough the final set of locks, anddescend to sea level in another ocean.

I go to the upper deck and look tothe west. Yes, the sun is setting over theAtlantic.

www.gct.com/pmaPhotos © Irv Green unless otherwise noted;story by Andrea Gross (www.andreagross.com).

Keel-billed toucans that live in thePanamanian rainforest often make forays

into villages.

There are several species of spidermonkeys in Panama, and it is special, but

not unusual, to see troops of 20 or 30swinging from tree to tree.

The gates open to allow theMS Discovery to enter theGatun Locks.

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He also brought scat singing intoexistence. Armstrong created scat during arecording session for the Okeh. Afterdropping his sheet music by accident, hehad to improvise vocally until therecording director returned the sheets tohim. As a result, Armstrong’s rasping,gravelly voice would eventually become asfamous as the luxurious sound of histrumpet.

In 1932 Armstrong made his firstEuropean tour; it was wildly successful,with Europeans gladly embracing hisebullient personality, talent, and naturalpublic charm.

It was during that European tour that

he acquired the nickname “Satchmo”because a London music writer named P.Mathison Brooks inadvertently garbledhis original nickname of “Satchelmouth,”which was given to him because of thesize of his lips and teeth and the hugebellows his cheeks made when he played.

As Armstrong became better and betterknown, an illustration of his lips andteeth on a billboard were enough toannounce one of his comingperformances.

As his musical fame and reputationexpanded, so did his opportunities.Armstrong began appearing in moviesand Broadway shows and made guest

appearances on various television showsduring the 1960s.

In 1964 his recording of “Hello,Dolly” became a huge hit, selling2,000,000 copies and displacing TheBeatles from the top of the hit list ofbestselling records.

Though Armstrong was not on thefrontlines of the civil rights movement, inhis own way he tried to make acontribution.

“There has always been amisunderstanding of Armstrong and hisunbelievable courage,” says filmmakerKen Burns. “Here he was, refusing to goon a goodwill tour at the height of the

Cold War, and people like Sammy DavisJr. and Adam Clayton Powell denouncedhim.

“You have this guy considered athrowback showing courage few African-American entertainers were willing to doat the time.”

Louis Armstrong died of heart failureJuly 6, 1971, at his home in Corona, N.Y.The house is now maintained by QueensCollege as the Louis Armstrong Archives.

Very few people have ever risen as farin life as did Louis Armstrong. Beginningat the very bottom of American society,he emerged to become one of the mostfamous entertainers in the world.

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The group meets twice a month attheir local library, and there are usuallyanywhere from six to 14 people inattendance.

Each reading selection is between 20and 40 pages, so the amount of readingrequired to be a part of the group is notoverly intensive, said Tepsic.

The Great Books Foundation inChicago sponsors the discussion groups.The foundation began as a nonprofitorganization in 1947 to promote criticalthinking and to encourage thedevelopment of well-roundedindividuals.

Today the foundation continues tosponsor programs throughout the entirecountry, including some at high schoolsand colleges.

Tepsic’s group is mostly retiredindividuals, but people of all ages arewelcome to join the biweeklydiscussions. Variety makes thediscussions more interesting, so peoplewith all different backgrounds andpersonalities are encouraged to attend.

“You can contribute as much as youwant, or nothing,” said Tepsic.

The group includes professionalsranging from a dietician to anaccountant to lawyers, professors, andgovernment managers.

“Everybody brings their own expertiseto the discussion,” Tepsic said. “It’sinteresting how different peopleinterpret things.”

One person is assigned to lead theconversation at each meeting. Theyprovide some background on thatparticular selection or author and steerthe discussion when need be.

The foundation sends out a catalogwith different genres for local groups tochoose from. Tepsic’s group’s recentreadings have included works from JohnLocke, Friedrich Nietzsche, Mark Twain,and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Tepsic himself is just the sort of “well-rounded individual” the foundation islooking to cultivate. Now 71, he retiredat age 62 after working as the humanresources coordinator for theDepartment of Corrections.

He and his wife have two childrenand two grandchildren. They have alwaysenjoyed traveling, but retirement hasafforded them the time to take moretrips than ever before. When it comes toworld traveling, it can be hard to narrowit down to just one favorite, as eachdestination presents new experiences tosavor.

But if he had to choose, Tepsic saidthat New Zealand would be one of their

favorite places to visit.They have traveled to about 20

nations so far, including Great Britain,Scotland, Ireland, France, Switzerland,Italy, Germany, Croatia, Honduras,Nicaragua, and Mexico. Still high ontheir wish list of places to visit are Turkeyand Greece.

“I enjoy travel within the UnitedStates as well,” he said. “Out West issome of the most beautiful country inthe world, such as Yosemite NationalPark and the Grand Canyon.”

A lot of their travels are coordinatedthrough the Harrisburg Area FriendshipForce, an organization founded byformer United States President JimmyCarter to promote personal relationshipsbetween different cultures and nations. Itis a division of the People to PeopleAmbassador Programs.

The program sets you up with afamily to stay with when you are inanother country, instead of sleeping in ahotel or hostel. The people who host youare able to show you much more of thearea than you would get to see withoutthe friendship of locals, said Tepsic.

He and his wife have made friendsaround the world through theHarrisburg Area Friendship Force. Theyhave seen their friends from NewZealand several times since they stayedwith them there, when they both happento be visiting other countries and whenthe couple comes to stay with the Tepsicson their trips to the United States.

The Tepsics love hosting others at

their home and taking them to local siteslike the state capitol building andGettysburg.

“You really get to learn about peopleand their cultures and food,” he said.

Food is a portion of the Tepsics’retirement as well—not because they aresuddenly indulging, but because theyspend time each week delivering it toothers through Meals on Wheels. Patriciais a coordinator and Dan is a driver.

A natural outflow of their service hasyet again been friendships. For some ofthe people Tepsic delivers to, that smallinteraction might, unfortunately, be themost social part of their week.

“We wanted to give something back,and it’s just our way of contributing tothe community,” Tepsic said.

Playing tennis is another great joy inTepsic’s life, and he has continuedcompeting on several local teams evenafter having open heart surgery in 2004and hip replacements in 2006 and 2008.

He picked up the sport after servingin the Army for two years after collegeand has been competing in doubles eversince. Last year the team he is part ofthrough the Harrisburg Academy wentto the Eastern Regional Finals inPrinceton.

Having major surgeries has not slowedhim down at all in tennis or in life.

“I’ve been given a new lease,” Tepsicsaid.

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Valentine’s Day:It’s for the Birds

Saint Valentine, whose day wecelebrate on Feb. 14, was a martyr.

Although his story is wellknown, some say thereal reason weassociate him withthe spirit of lovecomes fromabove—specifically,birds.

MedievalChristiansobserved thatmany birds mated atthe time of the SaintValentine’s feast. From thatrose a belief that all birds chose theirmates on Feb. 14.

From that belief, many people

assumed a connection to human beings,believing that everyone should choose

a mate on that day—or atleast celebrate the rituals

associated withmating.

The belief aboutbirds mating onFeb. 14 has somebasis in realitybecause manyspecies of birds do

begin to mate bythis date. The birds’ behavior

has little to do withromance, though, and

everything to do with biology. Butthat may be at the heart of our behavioron Valentine’s Day, too.


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Genealogy entails more thantracing a single line of ancestors,even though that line may go

very far into the past. I’ll interrupt my analysis of

Ancestry.com to discuss my approach togenealogical research. I like to think ofgenealogy as having three dimensions,which I characterize as backward,sideways, and forward.

Researching your parents is backwardgenealogy, researching your siblings issideways genealogy, and researching yourchildren is forward genealogy.

Even this simple example can quicklybecome complex. If you go sideways toinclude your siblings, to be complete,your tree must go forward for eachsibling and include their children: yournieces and nephews.

If you go backward to detail yourparents’ lives, you must go sideways tochronicle your aunts and uncles and thenforward again to account for your firstcousins.

Backward GenealogyI have encountered many folks who

initially have a simplified view ofgenealogy. Often they are interested onlyin determining a pedigree (family tree)that traces all the direct ancestors withtheir father’s surname (use “Smith” as anexample) and are very happy and proudwhen they show me that they have thename and information of their fourth- orfifth-great-grandfather Smith.

Here’s what they overlook: Say weconsider your fourth-great-grandfather.

That’s six generations back (parents: onegeneration; grandparents: twogenerations; great-grandparents: threegenerations; etc.).

Add two to the number of “greats” todetermine the number of generationsback. Now, six generations back, barringintermarriages, you had 64 fourth-great-grandparents(32 couples)!

You haveonly 1/64 ofthe “blood”(or DNA) ofyour fourth-great-grandfatherSmith. Thoseother 63fourth-great-grandparents, each with differentsurnames, each contributed an equalportion of your ancestry, even thoughthey didn’t all have the surname Smith.

So to be complete, your tree of directancestors must go backward for every lineof direct ancestor, male or female. If yougo to the sixth generation back, that’s notjust six ancestors. The number doubles ineach generation, and adding theancestors from each, by the sixthgeneration that gives a total of 96,encompassing as many as 64 differentsurnames.

Sideways GenealogyNow, for the sideways part. Those 32

couples from six generations back likelyhad siblings, and they, in addition to

your direct ancestors, were your relatives.In fact, the siblings of your ancestors ineach generation were (or are) your bloodrelatives.

These are called “collateral lines”; thatis, they are not your direct ancestors, but,for example, your fourth-great-uncle oryour second-great-aunt, etc.

ForwardGenealogy

From thecollaterallines,forwardgenealogywill revealthe childrenof all thesiblings of

your direct ancestors in each generation,leading to fifth cousins, third cousinsonce removed, and so on.

Many of these offspring of collaterallines could be alive today, so that youmay have relatives that share thebloodlines of not only that fourth-great-grandfather Smith, but also of your other63 ancestors from that generation.

Another trait of some researchers isthat they may show no interest ingenerations that they don’t remember: “Idon’t care about my great-grandmother; Inever knew her.” They may want toknow all about ancestors or relativeswhom they knew: “Where did my unclelive as a boy?” or “How did my auntwind up in Chicago?”

They may be concerned with the

minutest details of their known relatives’lives, yet could not care less whethertheir earlier ancestors came from Russia,China, Italy, or the moon!

That’s admirably tolerant, but I feelthey miss a lot by not extending theirtrees back in time. Doing so can helpgain a perspective of the persons towhom you owe your existence and theethnic, social, and regional forces thatshaped them (and so, shaped theirchildren and their children’s children,and ultimately, you).

To the same ends, if you’re trulyinterested in your heritage, you shouldresearch sideways and forward to identifyliving relatives who share that heritage.

Doing three-dimensional genealogycan help you to extend your family treein all directions. If you know yourfourth-great-grandfather was JamesSmith, and you know his siblings’ names,but you are unable to find his birthrecord, look sideways for the birthrecords of his siblings.

If you know James Smith’s sister wasRosa, and you find Rosa Smith’s birthrecord, then Rosa’s parents were James’parents. These would be your fifth-great-grandparents, and you have gonebackward in time by going sideways!

Write to Angelo at [email protected] orvisit his website, www.bit.ly/AFCGen. He isthe author of the book The Lady of the Wheel(La Ruotaia), based on his genealogicalresearch of Sicilian foundlings. Seewww.bit.ly/ruotaia or www.amzn.to/racalmutofor more information.

The Three Dimensions of Genealogy

The Search for Our Ancestry

Angelo Coniglio

“Doing three-dimensional

genealogy can help you to

extend your family tree in

all directions.

“

chester county 50plus senior news february 2014

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