Did you know that the popular British actor Benedict Cumberbatch is distantly related to the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? The interesting part is that Cumberbatch played the protagonist in the BBC series Sherlock that was based on the Doyle famous character Sherlock Holmes. It is quite interesting how genealogy works, isn’t? Do you sometimes wonder whether you would be related to some famous personality through your genes? What if you are related to the president of United States, or perhaps the Queen of England? Genealogy would be quite fun and at the same time very enlightening. Tracing your family line back to your ancestors can give you a lot of information about your family history: social as well as medical. Earlier people used to rely on libraries and other resources to trace their genealogy. However, these days, due to the internet, it has become quite simple to find out who your ancestors were. You can find out about your ancestors with a lot of help from the internet and some Sherlock-ish detective work. Start by making a pedigree chart. A pedigree chart contains important information about each member of your family: full name, birth/death dates, birth/death places, and marriage dates.

Genealogy, the study of one’s ancestors or lineage has become quite popular among the younger generation. The reason for knowing their genealogy is very subjective. It varies from person to person. Irrespective of the reason behind your inquisitiveness, one cannot deny that genealogy holds the key to a lot of questions that arise in your mind. It has its mysterious attractions that allure a person to know more about himself. Tracing your ancestry can have different motives behind it and off late people usually do this in a quest to find out whether they are related to any celebrity or a famous personality. There are instances where a person has to trace his ancestry for religious regions since some churches in the world make it imperative for the person to be aware of his ancestry. Many times, in a bid to find out whether they have a famous ancestor or just to satisfy their curiosity, people often overlook the importance of genealogy. Tracing your ancestry is kind of fun and mysterious at the same time but it has its significance that has made it quite popular these days. Here’s why genealogy is important for you and the next person as well.