CHAPTER 1: Meet the Ancestors

Family Ties

Write the definitions with the members of the family

How many words for family can you think of? Write as many as you can.

1) Meet the Ancestors

​a) Word Focus

gene: part of a cell passed from parents to children that determines how they look

generation: ​the people of about the same age in a particular family

ancestor: person related to you who lived a long time ago

genealogy: the study of family history​

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b) Look at the sentences below about studying your family history. Read the text to decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect. Write T (True) or F (False).

Multiple Choice

1. We look the way we do because of the genes in our DNA.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

2. A DNA test can show where in the world our ancestors lived.

• TRUE

• FALSE

DNA Test

can determine the haplogroup (a genetic population group of people who share a common ancestor on the patriline or the matriline)

Multiple Choice

3. You can find out the number of relatives you have in a DNA

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

4. Genealogy is the history of our past and present family members.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

5. Relatives who are alive could have information about ancestors.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

6. A family tree shows how you are related to other people in your family.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

7. A detective can help you find information about your family.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

8. It is possible to buy old newspapers at some libraries.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

9. Public records tell you when people were born.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

10. The text says that websites can help you find information about your ancestors.

• TRUE

• FALSE

c) Find the underlined words in the text and think about what they mean. Then, circle the correct meanings below.

Multiple Choice

1. take after

• to follow somebody

• to be like somebody

Multiple Choice

2. look like

• to have similar appearance

• to see things you enjoy

Multiple Choice

3. pass down

• transfer to the next generation

• respect the next generation

Multiple Choice

4. relative

• family member

• close friend

Multiple Choice

5. find out

• to take outside

• to discover or learn

Multiple Choice

6. look for

• to be similar to

• to try to find

Open Ended

d) you can choose someone famous to be in your family, who would you choose and why?

Open Ended

e) If you could go back in time, which one of your ancestors would you like to meet? Why/Why not?

Open Ended

What have you learned today?

Open Ended

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