I was never interested in family history or origins until I learned about genetics and inheritance, and then the tools to do tracking became available to us all. And while the genetic pieces continue to circulate, the historical records are being lost. Graves are disintegrating and they are not only solemn markers of the people who were loved and brought us life, but the headstones and locations help to connect the genetic parts back together, too. If we don't document this now, another generation of knowledge will be lost, along with, perhaps, another opportunity for scientific discovery that remains in the mystery of inheritance and genetics. So, for what it's worth, thank you to the people who created and maintain FindAGrave, and to the many thousands of others who also understand the significance of keeping an open, public, and easily accessible repository of historical data and remembrance.

I was never interested in family history or origins until I learned about genetics and inheritance, and then the tools to do tracking became available to us all. And while the genetic pieces continue to circulate, the historical records are being lost. Graves are disintegrating and they are not only solemn markers of the people who were loved and brought us life, but the headstones and locations help to connect the genetic parts back together, too. If we don't document this now, another generation of knowledge will be lost, along with, perhaps, another opportunity for scientific discovery that remains in the mystery of inheritance and genetics. So, for what it's worth, thank you to the people who created and maintain FindAGrave, and to the many thousands of others who also understand the significance of keeping an open, public, and easily accessible repository of historical data and remembrance.