Dear Friends,
You might be surprised who you’re related to. Actress Meghan Markle, now wife of Prince Harry, is a distant sixth cousin to Winston Churchill and Tom Hanks is remotely related to Queen Elizabeth.
Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast, GenesReunited and others represent a multibillion-dollar global market that has captured our desire to know more about who we are and what makes us tick.
Heredity, “the sum of all biological processes by which particular characteristics are transmitted from parents to their offspring” (vocabulary.com). Our heritage, our gene bank, influences our personality, our learning style, physical attributes, intelligence, social adaptability, susceptibility to disease… even sleep habits and taste preferences. The consequences of what we’ve inherited is life changing.
There is more. You and I are more than “the sum of all biological processes…”. God entered His creation, this person we call “me”, to give us a new heredity, a new nature. The consequences of that spiritual heredity are also life changing.
“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17
Enjoy your God-given heritage.
~Wynn