Favourite Family Tree Quotes
Are you like me, and find that more often than not quotes or sayings in birthday/christmas/special occasion cards are nicer that what you can come up? While you don’t generally find ‘family tree’ themed cards i the shops, there’s still a great bunch of quotes, and I wanted to share some of my favourite Family Tree Quotes with you.
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family; whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one! – Jane Howard
Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards. – Unknown
Our most treasured family heirlooms are our sweet family memories. – Unknown
Like branches on a tree, our lives may grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one. – Anonymous
We are as one with our ancestors and children. – Rosita Worl Tlingit
Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Friends come and go, but relatives tend to accumulate. – Unknown
When you search for ancestors, you find great friends! – Unknown
Other things change us, but we start and end with the family. – Anthony Brandt
Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future. – Gail Lumet Buckley
Some family trees have beautiful leaves, and some have just a bunch of nuts. Remember, it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking. – Author Unknown
Generations pass like leaves fall from our family tree. Each season new life blossoms and grows benefiting from the strength and experience of those who went before. – Heidi Swapp
If you don’t recount your family history, it will be lost. Honour your own stories and tell them too. The tales may not seem very important, but they are what binds families and makes each of us who we are. – Madeleine L’Engle
May the roots of your family tree grow deep and strong. – Irish Blessing
To forget one’s ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root. – Chinese proverb
Do you have a favourite family tree quote?
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Lots of good quotes here Alona. I especially like #2 about how we understand our lives retrospectively.
Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family. Having both – is a blessing.
Now THAT is a fabulous quote. Thank you Andrew!