Most of us spend little or no time talking to older relatives, or even our parents about their lives, according to a new study
Three quarters of respondents to the survey commissioned by ‘from you to me’ admit they spend little or no time talking to older relatives about their lives and the family stories of their parents.
More than half of us do not talk to our parents or grandparents about our family heritage.
Close to 40% don’t know how their parents met, 48% don’t know when they met and 86% of respondents whose dad proposed to their mum don’t know where or how it happened.
While more than 60% don’t know what their parents’ hobbies were as children and 40% don’t know where their maternal grandmother or paternal grandfather were born.
However, it did show that intentions are there, 90% of us agree it’s important to know about the stories from our relatives’ lives to capture this information
The results also show that the older you get, the stronger these feelings get too.
Rhoda Breakell, head of Genes Reunited, commented on the ‘from you to me’ research results: "The amount of people who don't spend time listening to their parents and grandparents about their family heritage is surprising.”
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