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How to connect with unknown ancestors when you're adopted

I never knew my birth parents and my adoptive family's Irish traditions feel borrowed and hollow but I don't know how to honor ancestors I can't name or find.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Ancestral veneration becomes complex when your biological and chosen lineages diverge.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Ancestor veneration across traditions?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.