Knowing more about family history is the single biggest predictor of a child's emotional well-being. Grandparents can play a special role in this process, too.

The most successful families embrace and elevate their family history, particularly their failures, setbacks and other missteps.

Over the stove, we share personal family history. Where did your grandparents come from? What did your grandparents cook?

Before Grandma died, she talked about family history in a way she had never done before, ... She was interested in family history, especially African American women.

The contents of a house can trigger all sorts of revisions to family history.

The actual stuff my family owned, those boxes under my stairs, I can't quite bear to look at. I like other people's things better. They come with other people's history.