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MY GENOGRAM: BECOMING ME

My Family Genogram Narrative

Clinton Hall

School of Behavioral Sciences, Liberty University

MY GENOGRAM: BECOMING ME

Abstract

My Family Genogram Narrative

now, it was impossible to avoid comparing my experiences growing up to those of my children

as they grow up as the next generation of Halls. This genogram project has helped me to distill

and appreciate some of the strengths that have been passed down to me and ignited a desire in

me to ensure my kids get to experience some of those same blessings I do.

I was the second child and second son of Bobby and Sara Hall. I was exactly a year, a

month, a week, and 4 days younger than Benjamin. Benjamin would often remind me of that.

My parents then waited over half a decade before adding another, my younger brother Jordan.

Another 5 years went by before they threw chance out the window and adopted my sister,

Suzannah, giving my mom the daughter she always wanted. We lived in Frankfort, KY and only

moved one time throughout my entire childhood. When I was 5 years old we moved from the

something any other day of the week. We did not have much extended family that lived close, so

our church family filled that role in many ways. My mom homeschooled us until high school,

and like most homeschool families in the 1990s we were ultra conservative politically. We were

raised under that mantra that “not all Republicans are Christian, but all Christians are

Republican.” Homeschooling allowed my mom to keep a very tight watch over what we learned

and how well we learned it. She expected excellence in academics and would settle for nothing

less. Homeschooling also gave us the extra flexibility needed to accommodate all the different

sports leagues and travel teams my brothers and I were a part of. Church, academics, and sports

– that was pretty much life for the Halls.

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