Melissa Bolivar09/12/2013EDF2085

Family Tree: Tracing One’s Roots and Family

Experiences

Rodolfo Low

Ines Cualla

InesLuisa Monica Rodolfo EnriqueFernando

Humberto Butterfield

Spencer Rutledge

Jorge Pulido

Yoshiko Nakayama

Sara Ardila

1. Melissa2. Christian 1. Monica

2. Karina1. Amalia2. Olga

1. Jose Fernando2. Sara3. Tatiana4. Maria

Low Family [Mothers side]

Maternal Family

Humberto Butterfield

Emma Pedernera

Jaime Humberto

William Mabel Martha Jorge

Luisa Low

Nancy Anesse

Orlando Moor

Pacifico Meschini Carmen

Polanco

1.Christian2.Melissa

1.Sebastian2.Guillermo3.Maximiliano

1.Walter2.Alejandro3.Gustavo

1.Eugenio2.Primo3.Isabella4.Giovanni

Butterfield Family [Fathers side]

Paternal Family

Luisa LowHumberto Butterfield

Melissa Butterfield

Christian Butterfield

Dario Bolivar

Julian Bolivar

Parents & Sibiling

Julia

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Family Tree: Tracing One’s Roots and Family Experiences Questions

1. From what parts of the world did your family (or families) originate? Father side was from England and Argentina. Mother side from Germany Russia Italy and Colombia.2. What motivated your ancestors to leave their homeland for a New World? When did they leave? If your ancestors were always in North America, what was their life like prior to European contact?  They never came to North America. My dads side they were looking for a better lifestyle. My moms side they left Germany because of the World War and left to Colombia.3. What hardships did your ancestors face in previous generations, either when they first arrived or soon after contact? What did they do to overcome any hardships? Do they recall any prejudice that was experienced? My mom side suffered from the war. They had persecution due to being Jews with the holocaust. When they arrived to Colombia they always kept it a secret so they wouldn’t suffer.4. What did your ancestors do in the previous two or three generations? How did this influence what the family does today? We don’t have much information because most of them died in World War II.5. What languages did your ancestors speak? What has happened to these languages in your family today? They spoke Spanish and German.

6. What family traditions or practices have been performed over the years that are special or unique to your family? We celebrate holidays the Colombian way. Christmas, New Years and Birthdays. For example Christmas we celebrate Christmas Eve more than Christmas day. 7. What do you know of the meaning behind your family name? How, if at all, has it changed over the years? Do you know the reason for any changes? My grandpa changed his last name in order to protect the family from the Jewish persecution. 8. How are the experiences of your family similar to or different from those faced by various immigrants or refugees today? My family came out of a war while the people now a days come for a better lifestyle. 9. In what ways was this exercise easy or difficult for you to do? Under what circumstances might an exercise like this be difficult for a student to do? What might you do as a teacher to modify it in special circumstances? It wasn’t hard thanks for my parents help. It would be harder if I didn’t have any help from my family.