A few years back, I read a book by Susanna Kearsley:  “The Winter Sea”.   This is a fictional story about a current day author writing a story about the Jacobites (those who wanted to bring the exiled King James back into power circa 1688-1709).  The book starts with the author doing research on the history of these Jacobites.  She had thoughts and feelings that could not be found in the research she was doing.  The more research she did, the more nagging these thoughts and feelings were.  One comment that was made in the book was, “Can memories be passed down through DNA?”  Are those Déjà Vu moments that we sometimes experience actually memories from those that passed before us?

Radical, probably; Possible, maybe.

Are our attitudes and tendencies based solely on our environment or are some of these traits passed down to us through our DNA?  And, if traits are passed, why not memories?

So, let’s go with the presumption that more than just our good looks are passed down to us.  Would it not benefit us to understand those that came before us, helping us understand more about “Who We Are”?

By taking the time to understand our history, we may gain more insight into us and what we can do to improve our future.

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