It’s called a family tree, diagrams of branches with names of couples and children and repeated names of couples and children in 2D. But we are 3D-ish.
How far down are the roots of the tree? It stretches skyward into overpopulated distant twigs, until the tree can no longer process the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It dies out to the money tree, the A. Capitulus Globalus.
What are we doing here, dwindling twigs?
There’s a show called, ‘Who do you think you are?’ Of course, it only features celebrity actors, people who are famous for pretending to be other people. Of course they want to know who they are. But what is my motivation.....for watching the kinda narcissistic show? A team of people gather to research the actor’s extensive family history. I didn’t think there was anything more dull than an episode of ‘Frasier’ until I caught Kelsey Grammer’s televised ancestral search. Over in the UK you can see what line of antiques Fiona Bruce descended from before the roadshow. I watched the Australian version and wondered how Noni Hazelhurst’s great great great gramps influenced the way she sang ‘the wheels on the bus go round and round’. Next up, see what line of fembots Delta Goodrem projected out of. Ps too much ‘West World.’
What are we doing here, dwindling twigs?
There’s a show called, ‘Who do you think you are?’ Of course, it only features celebrity actors, people who are famous for pretending to be other people. Of course they want to know who they are. But what is my motivation.....for watching the kinda narcissistic show? A team of people gather to research the actor’s extensive family history. I didn’t think there was anything more dull than an episode of ‘Frasier’ until I caught Kelsey Grammer’s televised ancestral search. Over in the UK you can see what line of antiques Fiona Bruce descended from before the roadshow. I watched the Australian version and wondered how Noni Hazelhurst’s great great great gramps influenced the way she sang ‘the wheels on the bus go round and round’. Next up, see what line of fembots Delta Goodrem projected out of. Ps too much ‘West World.’
I notice Ancestry dot com has a lot of ads. A bunch of douchey mid thirties types pretend to be amazed that their dead elders came from a few dispersed European countries.
“Now I know why I am like I am” is the un-catch phrase from the over contemplative montage of the acting recipient. But what does a DNA test really answer about who you are? It doesn’t go far enough back in time for me, so I made a pie chart of options which extend beyond the timeline of Ancestry companies (which now have your DNA).
“Now I know why I am like I am” is the un-catch phrase from the over contemplative montage of the acting recipient. But what does a DNA test really answer about who you are? It doesn’t go far enough back in time for me, so I made a pie chart of options which extend beyond the timeline of Ancestry companies (which now have your DNA).
So what are we doing here and where did we really come from? Google doesn’t help me here, except for the bit where the Mayan people stored information about humanity in crystal skulls. Hmm, the original hard drives. Forgot Password?
Does my DNA reveal more than which Scottish massacrist I descended and which cancer I have to look forward to? Is that also my karma for deriving from a gizzard grabbing murderous clan? Could all of my eating issues be traced back through generations to Ireland’s potato famine, or were eating disorders just mega fashionable during the late 90s? Is societal anxiety and depression a culmination of centuries old human suffering, or do we need mental health plans to negotiate our way back to feeling alive inside? Surviving is easy now. If our ancestors did a future test on their DNA, what would they think?
I have more questions than answers, but it seems my family tree overlaps with my soul train. Our eternal selves jive through a corridor of other souls to self realisation. We do carry a lineage of DNA debt, but I think we are also energetic entities who inhabit numerous bodies for awhile. We learn lessons from various family dudes and workplace weirdos. Friends and frenemies, lovers and losers are your sensei to your self. It’s a virtual game of life levels, past and future lives intersecting beyond this 3 dimensional time/space reality. I might happen across two different lives at once when I experience de ja vu. It’s happened before in the future.
I did test my DNA and I can conclude that I descended from a game of snakes & ladders. This game originated in ancient India, and clearly involves symbols of the double helix. It was a game to teach karma.
The rod of Asclepius from Ancient Greek times represents healing, also similar to a DNA model. These symbols have been prevalent from ancient times, well before molecular biology discovered the double helix in 1953.
And to conclude, there is the ole Adam and Eve fable. For Before Christ’s Sake, I have no idea who authored it. In this story our eternal snake symbol chats with the female representation of the first humans. I wonder what the unedited version of this conversation was. What have we really learnt from this tree of knowledge, from our Answers Tree?
