Alp Orgunduz Professor Lynn UWRT 1103 1027/15 ‘The Values of my Family History Today is October 27, 2015, it has been eleven weeks, three days, and four hours since | began jhis essay and I stil i 86 .y and I still have a hard time believing how my perspective of family changed froyhmere boredom to curiosity. Due tothe insufficient amount of information found online and Hom my parents in regards to my family history the drive to find out more information Became ‘an addiction rather than a typical assignment. In addition, ily history with others. Finally, the book, “The Irealized how my curiosity of sucha topic changed my willingness to share my fami House on Mango Street”, and its different tragedies, I became curious a5 10 the different tragedies that my family experienced in their Hie Having enough information given toan individual does’t get them to be as interested. 1n to someone who must puta litle bit the lack of history about my Turkish more elbow grease to find into their project in comp: ‘This is what happened tome. Due to sched deeper into my family history by viewing different social media websites mation about my family, such as my Gr their information. esta, 1 Ds ig Jot of interesting info ai he Ottoman Empire. Finding information such as his engral of resting because of how post tite lk gait fasity img ‘iGiainterestins, which is inte ily ifstory the beginning Sy ndfidgy being famouse made lea unwilling sta 1 of the yeat to that of now.ta Orgunduz.2 Before leaming about my family history, I was unsure as to what to say to my friends before 1 learned that my grandfather used to be a Kemel when we discuss our families. This 1. This is one of the many things I leamed about my Family tree, which of the Turkish M ultimately got me interested in sharing my family history with other people. At times, | enjoyed writing about my family in projects such as the of the Family Tree Project, and I tended to loose all track of time and sooner or later, I had a three page paper when I was only supposed to do one. However, even though my family only recorded information of positive events, 1 was curious about the negative events that occurred in my family. One particular book that is somewhat depressing is, “The House on Mango Street” Despite my love for the book for its interesting characters and fantastic settings, I found that every story had a tragedy that was inevitable. This surplus of depressing content made me did my family have when they moved to America? While I have not done wonder what trag any research or interviewed my family, the question of what tragedies my family had still remains. As a result, | intend on asking my parents what struggle did they have when they immigrated to America. And ‘As I said before, my perspective of my family changed from boredom to curiosi while I do have a sufficient amount of information about my family tree, I still have many questions to ask my relatives. As a result, 1am expecting to gather both the good and the bad of my family. 4v | a