When I became interested in starting my work in genealogy, it was during my youth when I was told by my step-grandfather that you have to start with yourself and your siblings, and then you have to go from there.
When I was given such instruction, I understood right away that I would need to work on not just my siblings alone, but I would have to work on my parents siblings as well. That is quite the overwhelming (and daunting) task when you think about it, but once the work begins you come to find that it gets better. Working on genealogy is not easy, but that should not discourage us from getting it done.
There is much more to genealogy, however. It isn't so much as tracing your direct ancestry, as it is with the stories behind the names of the people you find. Hence, it's called family history. Family history is about discovering your family, and where you come from. In addition to doing family history and genealogy, we come to grow fond of our heritage.
For me personally, something that I love about family history work is finding out who I'm related to. You might be a 5th cousin 8 times removed from a celebrity or a politician. You could be related to someone who is infamous or honorable.
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