Genealogy is about makine connectiojns to the past, with the outcome of learning more about ourselves. By learning about heritage, and your families place in history, you gain a better understanding of who you are. Not everyone is descended from a king, but that doesn't mean that your family history is not full of heoric people that participated in historic events. I have learned that the better I understand history, the more I value what I find, because I can see the connections from than to now.