Who-Am-I?
"What Are My Roots?" And Self-Esteem

Our self -esteem is influenced by stories about our parents and ancestors' lives.

I was born in Chelyabinsk on the 12yh of April in 1989. My family is very big. It has 87 members. My grand parents from my father’s side are from the Ukraine. My grandparents from my mother’s side are from Russia. I was born in Chelyabinsk, then we moved to the Ukraine, because my father had to serve in the army there. After his army-service we came back to Russia, because my grandparents lived there. Dasha from Russia , 2003 (more...)

Family tree made by a student from Italy .

My grandfather--Volodya was born in Baku in on December 14 in 1939 . When he was 14 he moved to Mingechevir City with his mother in 1953. He finished school # 3 in 1957, where I study now. When he was 18 he joined army .After completing his service he entered a technical school. He had worked in the factory “Azerkabel" as a specialist on automatics for 20 years. He was elected the secretary of “Comsomol“ organization of the factory. It was a youth organization for young people in the Former Soviet Union. Several times he was awarded with certificates of appreciation on behalf of the administration and his colleagues for his excellent work. He was also awarded with ”Lenin?” award. In 1977 he started to work at the other enterprise "Electro-Izolit”. There he worked as the chief of laboratory. He died in 1992.There is an apartment and library with set of books as an inheritance from him. He was very inquisitive, read a lot and he had a good memory. I’m proud of his life and try to do good things in the life to be a dignified successor to my grandfather. Rita from Azerbaijan , 2003

My great-great-grandfather ,Jens Nielsen Kirk, was born the 8/8 1836 and died 1909. He lived of making shoes, cos’ he was a shoemaker. He got in 1857 to Jensine. A day from my father diary: The 1. April 1866. Easter Day 9 o'clock took he and he family to curch and took the day off. He always worked late, but in return he often helped his friends and the other way around. They lived a very primitive life and didn’t have a lot of money. Jensine was housewife, who took care of the children and the house. Mette from Denmark , 1999.

Our parents go in school in Bosnia,Kosova and Kongo in Kosova. They had no food. All children must have uniform at the sport class but at the classroom all children do not have uniform at Bosnia. It was same thing in Kongo. No food in school and they have uniform. They go mixed classes. It was also same in Bosnia and Kosovo. Kosovo children got beaten up in school.the same in Bosnia and in Kongo. From Boris,Nermin,Aida and Edona (more...)

My grandfather told me that when he was a boy he lived in a big farmstead with all of his relatives. There wasn't running water, electric power or heating. They warmed with the Fire. My grandfather played with a ball, and some glass bottles, and with those he made some artificial fires. In his town there wasn't a school, he had to go to other schools, in a near town. Usually he got up early, and he walked for some kilometres before arriving at school. He had not many suits, they belonged to his brother. He told me that when he arrived at MuggiÚ he thought he was in America because there were some articles that he couldn't see in his town: the TV and the radio upset my grandfather's life. Luca from Italy , 2001

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