Bristol was seven years old and full of curiosity. Each day when she came home from school she was eager to continue learning.

  One day, Bristol came home from school asking a question her mother hadn't heard from her before. She asked, "Mama how do I learn about our family tree?" Her mom replied with a simple smile and said, "let's sit down and take a look!"

  "Let's start by naming the family members you know on our family tree," said Bristol's mom.

"Okay, well I know a few. There's Grandmama, Granddaddy, and Grammy," Bristol said and continued naming off aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Her mom finally interrupted her, "Yes, Bristol that is correct, but a family tree consists of their real names not their nicknames.

Bristol stared with confusion as her mother tried to explain, "For example, Grandmama's real name is Brenda and Granddaddy's real name is Donnie."

"Oh, I understand," Bristol proclaimed as she began eagerly writing the names of her Grandparents, great Grandparents, mom, dad, sister, four Aunts, one great Aunt, one Uncle, and 2 cousins.

  With a worried look on her face Bristol said, "Okay mama these are the only family members I know."

Bristol's mom said, "Oh honey, that is okay. I have plenty of pictures to show you to help you learn about our family tree."

Bristol and her mother spent the next several hours shuffling through pictures and Bristol filled out her family tree as the night faded. Finally, Bristol had completed her family tree as far back as her mother could remember.