I am an immediate descendant of the Smith/Bell family on my Mother's side, and the Bahr/Baker family on my Father's side. I am searching for more information on both sides.
As I search I am compelled to add to the family extensions; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, wives, husbands, etc., to paint the bigger picture.
I have done my ancestry dna and have found and connected with a half brother and a cousin that were both adopted out and another half brother and half sister and other cousins that I had not grown up with, I had only known of them since I was 16yo and had searched for them since then. I find the history of our lives fascinating, regardless of the HOW we became but more so of WHERE we all came from to get us all to the NOW.
My intention is not to drudge up the skeletons or the dark history of the past...the past is just that and what was done cannot be undone but can be learned from!
*Just remember that chains are able to be broken. So pave your path the way you want it to be and not the way it was paved before you. Break any cycles of abuse so that your children's futures can be without pain. -- Aundrea Bahr Stark

I am an immediate descendant of the Smith/Bell family on my Mother's side, and the Bahr/Baker family on my Father's side. I am searching for more information on both sides.
As I search I am compelled to add to the family extensions; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, wives, husbands, etc., to paint the bigger picture.
I have done my ancestry dna and have found and connected with a half brother and a cousin that were both adopted out and another half brother and half sister and other cousins that I had not grown up with, I had only known of them since I was 16yo and had searched for them since then. I find the history of our lives fascinating, regardless of the HOW we became but more so of WHERE we all came from to get us all to the NOW.
My intention is not to drudge up the skeletons or the dark history of the past...the past is just that and what was done cannot be undone but can be learned from!
*Just remember that chains are able to be broken. So pave your path the way you want it to be and not the way it was paved before you. Break any cycles of abuse so that your children's futures can be without pain. -- Aundrea Bahr Stark