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PERSONAL
NARRATIVE

A WRI TING A FAMILY HISTOR Y

Your FAMILY has a long and fascinating HISTORY. Write a story about your
family’s past and present! Think of these questions:

• Where did your ancestors come from?
• How did your grandparents meet?
• What was the world like when your parents were young?

WARM UP Create a “family tree” by filling in the boxes with family names.

Grandparents: Mother:
Father: Siblings:
You:

SAMPLE

My Family History
My family history begins with my grandparents. My father’s parents
got married in 1965. My father was born three years later in
London. My mother’s parents got married in 1972 in Sydney. Then
my mother was born in 1974. My parents met while my dad was in
the army and my mom was in school. In 1997, they were married,

and a year later I was born.

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