Family history and searching for hidden trauma—a personal commentary
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Bifulco, A. 2021. Family history and searching for hidden trauma—a personal commentary. Genealogy. 5 (2). https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy5020046
Type | Article |
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Title | Family history and searching for hidden trauma—a personal commentary |
Authors | Bifulco, A. |
Abstract | Background: Searching family history is now popular through increased internet access coinciding with a need for understanding identity. Prior unresolved war trauma can help explain impacts on subsequent generations and the need to search for family narrative, particularly in refugee families. This paper explores the search for trauma narratives through personal family history research, with links to community groups. Method: The author’s own Polish family history research provides examples of trauma and loss from World War II in Poland. This is supplemented by quotes from an existing interview study of second-generation Poles to amplify themes and indicate their wider community relevance. |
Keywords | family tree; war trauma; attachment; identity; immigration; forgetting; emotional geography |
Research Group | Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies (CATS) |
Publisher | MDPI AG |
Journal | Genealogy |
ISSN | |
Electronic | 2313-5778 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 07 May 2021 |
Jun 2021 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 10 May 2021 |
Accepted | 29 Apr 2021 |
Submitted | 03 Mar 2021 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Copyright Statement | Copyright: © 2021 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy5020046 |
Web of Science identifier | WOS:000667141200001 |
Language | English |
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