Everyone's Connected

Jacob wakes up in his housepod floating above the ground that has become a conglomeration of 3 major cities that have since merged due to overpopulation and urban sprawl. He's tired because his baby has been up all night and the robo maid has been malfunctioning, failing to feed him. Also, her hover thrusts are in disrepair and she's been getting an attitude since you refused to pay for her therapy because, 'Spending money on a robot's 'feelings' is like using a lighter to start a fire.' He's hungry, so he verbally tells the toaster, from his own bed, to turn on and cook his breakfast. He then dives into his virtual reality workplace simulator.

300,000 years earlier, Oook wakes up in grass. Well, it's more of a bed, but it's really grass, in the shape of his bed. He's tired because he's been up all night because he sleeps on grass. He's hungry because the recent snow has made hunting difficult and no plants have been growing, except cave grass. He walks outside, spends about 45 minutes starting a fire using sticks and twigs, grunts, and walks across the vast plain in search of anything resembling a living creature.

You wake up today. You wake up early. You wake up extra early. You wake up this early because your baby boy wakes you up by screaming. Your fight-or-flight response, unbeknowst to you, may be a direct result of early humanity, kicks in and you run to his room. The house is a mess, and you think it's due to a payment issue with the maid. She's been asking for a raise. You really want to make toast, but the toaster is just too far away. Maybe it's just you, but you really wish there were an easier way to get toast. Maybe you'll invent something someday. Instead, you lay in bed hungry and log in to your laptop to start work.

No other vocation, occupation, or hobby is as dynamic and interconnected as genealogy, or genetic genealogy. We're all part of the same experience. I know you've heard that before, but it's absolutely true. Nobody on earth is disconnected from this. Every action you take or experience you encounter is a result, or at least reflection, of all of your family members that came before you.

There is no reason to take a genetic genealogy test if you don't want to explore more. This field requires you to interact not only with information you are given, but with new relatives you never knew you had.

Only by sharing each others' experiences and history can we not only understand that we do all share some commonalities (especially among your matches), but also truly realize that prejudice, hate, and antagonism don't belong within a family that consists of people on a tiny planet in an enormous world.