Re: Never forget your roots.

I touch mine up regularly! Nice& Easy !

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Forget the 'Nice' - just take it 'Easy' with that stuff gal....

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What's wrong with forgetting your roots? What's so special about a town or city you happened to be born in?

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I'm using stuff from Poundland

A great many of us spend time researching their family history and trying to find their roots. Don't think it helps in any way but it can be fascinating

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I also think it relates more to people and family rather than location. And I don't think it is meaningless, but just reminds us of some factors that make us what we are.

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I was born and bred a Yorkshire lass. Even though I've lived in Cheshire since my mid-teens, I still have that feeling of going home when I'm on Yorkshire soil. So there, I suppose, are my own roots.

Going further back with my family tree they all came from Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Surrey. I have found none that aren't English. So my longer roots are most definitely English.

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I like the island of my birth and try to visit once a year, if possible. However, I wouldn't wish to live there again. I am a mixture of different nationalities, my mother was English, my father was half Irish with a lot of French influence. I have a British passport, but for fun in 2008 I also added to it Irish Nationality because I was entitled to do so. I think it is much more interesting to be a mixture of different cultures. My family history on my father's side can be traced right back to the 12th century. A famous historical figure was apparently our ancestor, my family home was built on the foundations of his property. This is a matter of interest but I can't say it has any influence on the way I see life.

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me too.

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Having roots for me is not so much a physical thing but psychological thing. Knowing from whence you came gives us identity even if we are not physically there any longer. I have visited my birth town several times over long distances and still feel an instant connection. And you really cannot discard your roots, you may think you have but they are always with you.

of course 'finding your roots' where I am in OZ takes on a totally different meaning!

Re: Never forget your roots.

roots are something personal only
to the person but can understand
the meaning behind it.