Genealogy Quotes

There are only two lasting
bequests we can give our children
one is roots; the other, wings.

--Anonymous

We are all omnibuses in which our
ancestors ride, and every now and
then one of them sticks his head
out and embarrasses us.

--Oliver Wendell Homes

If man cares not for his
roots, then how can he
care for his branches.

--Doyle M Davis

People will not look forward
to posterity, who never look
backward to their ancestors.

--Edmund Burk

Our family is a circle
of strength and love
With every birth and every
Union, the circle grows
Every joy shared adds more love
Every crisis faced together
makes the circle grow

Any man has had countless myriads of ancestors and among them any number of rich men and beggars, kings and slaves, Greeks and barbarians" --Plato, Theaetetus