Comments about ‘Babies' future behavior linked to early interaction with Dad’

Being born of goodly parents only guarantees one thing, goodly parents - it doesn't ensure any future success. It is just a blessing in our lives, if we recognize it and act upon it. Look at your own family history and you will learn that mothers and fathers are essential for the life and future of their babies. But, you will also learn that their babies' futures are more in the control of the babies themselves, through what they personally do with what they have been given(genetically, environmentally, and culturally)and experience, and the choices they make in their unique tutorial called life. Studying my ancestors and those of thousands and thousands who we have helped learn about their family history, has taught me this. My life study and work in genealogy has clearly revealed, we are the masters of our own destiny and future - for good or ill, no matter our parentage or circumstances.

So a kid with a mom and a dad is better off than say... two moms?

Interesting.

I found and still find that genealogy alone tells you a little about your ancestors but leaves much to speculation. Accurate family history, on the other hand, may tell you much more, though for that you rely on diligent and unprejudiced journals of those who have died.

I know a little about my grandparents, from having met them as a child, and from the anecdotes and opinions of great aunts and uncled and other near relatives who lived by them. Still, even hearing from people still living is dependent upon personal viewpoints and other, often subjective factors.

Personal experience seems to tell me that, except in the case of those of strong character and will, most will be affected to a greater or lesser extent, by their background and training. A strong person can "swim against the tide" but most "go with the flow". Yet there are significant personality differences among siblings.

I had one female forebear who cheated on her husband, deserted her children, and made up new names for herself to hide her whereabouts; I reckon she's abad character. For most others I cannot decide for lack of sufficient evidence.