I could not agree more. My son and daughter are not really interested in the family traditions. My daughter became interested when she gave her daughter the middle name Mae. I told her she had an ancestor who spelled her name Mae instead of May. She was the daughter of a Hugh Corrance who moved to Dubuque in the USA in 1860. This did get her interested.

One of my nephews married an Australian born girl with very mixed ancestry. She was delighted when I gave her a print out of our family tree going back only as far as 1790. She wanted to know more about our family now that she was part of it.

Unfortunately my son has a daughter so unless either of my nephew's fathers a son then the line stops ..... One has a daughter so far, the other isn't trying ..... yet.