Genealogy Quote by Sydney J. Harris

“We don't put much stock in genealogy where I'm from [...] It's assumed that you're kind of a loser if you have to sink…

— Lisa Cach

I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.

— Beatrix Potter

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is more important than the highest parentage.

— Thomas John Barnardo

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest.

— Thomas John Barnardo

I'd always wanted to believe that my ancestors were better people than they probably were. - Princess Emma

— E.D. Baker

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one.…

— Don Marquis

“More than once I have tried to picture myself in the position of a boy or man with an honoured and distinguished ancestry which…

— Solomon Northup

Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself…

— Ralph Ellison

“Each family has a history we pass on to each successive generation. We bear the glories and the burdens of our name, the good…

— Cassandra Clare

Genealogical bewilderment evokes a nefarious air of uncertainty and befuddles a childs ability to establish their true self-identity. Judith Land

— Judith Land

Are we being good ancestors?

— Jonas Salk

I Believe That Our Background And Circumstances May Have Influenced Who We Are, But We Are Responsible For Who We Become..

— Ritu Ghatourey