The practice of tracing the intellectual, emotional, and relational lineages that shaped you—creating a chosen genealogy beyond biological or legal origin.
Sor Juana's intellectual genealogy included Aristotle, the Church Fathers, contemporary philosophers, and the women saints she studied—figures she adopted as her intellectual ancestors. This concept invites you to consciously map the sources, influences, and relationships that made you who you are. Rather than accepting a single given genealogy, you can construct a genealogy of becoming that honors all the chosen lineages—mentors, traditions, ideas, communities—that claim you and that you claim. This is especially powerful for adopted persons: you can acknowledge both your biological origins (if known) and your chosen family, your inherited culture and your adopted one, your given name and the names you choose. A genealogy of becoming is not denial; it is completion. It recognizes that identity is built from multiple inheritances, and you have the right to name and honor them all.
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