Have you ever considered that a tree's root system is much more extensive than its combined trunk, branches and leaves? The same is true of family trees. On your family tree, you have more ancestors than you have parents, siblings and children. Discovering your family roots means uncovering those ancestors — solving the puzzles of genealogy.

Maybe you like working puzzles or outguessing detectives in mystery stories; genealogy is another form of puzzle and mystery. Or maybe you enjoy reading historical novels; genealogy is a family-made adventure in history, sometimes better than a novel. If you're curious about your family history, and combine this curiosity with the challenge of finding solutions plus the adventure of history, you'll love “doing genealogy”