{"id":6907,"date":"2014-04-21T15:00:41","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=6907"},"modified":"2023-09-01T13:27:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T17:27:36","slug":"101-genealogy-proverbs-family-sayings-from-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/101-genealogy-proverbs-family-sayings-from-around-the-world.html","title":{"rendered":"101 Genealogy Proverbs: Family Sayings from around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Introduction<\/em><\/strong><em>: In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak presents 101 of the funniest, quirkiest, or most touching proverbs about genealogy that she\u2019s encountered in her career as a family historian. Mary is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Since posting the article <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/genealogy-humor-101-funny-quotes-sayings-for-genealogists.html\">101 Funny Quotes and Sayings for Genealogists<\/a> on the GenealogyBank Blog, we\u2019ve noticed that family historians share our affinity for quotes\u2014especially ones related to genealogy and family. These genealogy quotes and sayings continue to generate comments and be shared on social media sites such as Facebook, Google+ and Pinterest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-hopi-grandmothers-speak.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6908\" title=\"photo-0421-2014-hopi-grandmothers-speak\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-hopi-grandmothers-speak.png\" alt=\"Hopi proverb: &quot;When the grandmothers speak, the earth will be healed.&quot;\" width=\"458\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-hopi-grandmothers-speak.png 458w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-hopi-grandmothers-speak-300x154.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a continuation, I\u2019d like to share a special type of quote from around the world: proverbs.<\/p>\n<p>(<strong><em>Proverb<\/em><\/strong>: A short pithy saying in frequent and widespread use that expresses a basic truth or practical precept.)<\/p>\n<p>Based in ancient cultures, these adages pass from generation to generation, using metaphors and analogies to instill societal values. Many proverbs are shared among the cultures of the world\u2014but some are unique to individual regions, so if known, the name of the country follows the quote.<\/p>\n<p>No matter where your ancestry originated, I hope you\u2019ll enjoy some of my favorite genealogy-related proverbs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>African Genealogy Proverbs &amp; Sayings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This region has generated more family history proverbs than most, due primary to beliefs regarding ancestors and ancestor worship.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cA child doesn\u2019t belong to the mother or father; a child belongs to his ancestors.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201dA parent should not give up modeling their children, because the ancestors never give up on us.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201dAs you do for your ancestors, your children will do for you.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201dBlessings of ancestors are greater than those of living human beings.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cChildren are the reward of life.\u201d (Congo)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDreams are voices of ancestors.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIf you know his father and grandfather you may trust his son.\u201d (Moroccan)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIf you lie, the ancestors will punish you.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIt is better to be kind to your neighbors, than to cross the world to offer incense to your ancestors.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMany births mean many burials.\u201d (Kenya)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMore precious than our children are the children of our children.\u201d (Egypt)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNo man can outwit the ancestors.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-african-outwit-ancestors.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6909\" title=\"photo-0421-2014-african-outwit-ancestors\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-african-outwit-ancestors.png\" alt=\"African proverb: &quot;No man can outwit the ancestors.&quot;\" width=\"682\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-african-outwit-ancestors.png 682w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-african-outwit-ancestors-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-african-outwit-ancestors-500x209.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cOld men and women in the village are books of history and wisdom.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOpen your ears to the ancestors and you will understand the language of spirits.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRemember the wisdom of your ancestors in order to become wise.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSilence brings wisdom of the ancestors.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe ancestors may annoy you, but don\u2019t make the mistake of annoying them back, or they may annoy you forever.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe future emerges from the past.\u201d (Senegal)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTo neglect one\u2019s ancestors would bring ill-fortune and failure in life.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTreat the world well. It was not given to you by your parents. It was willed to you by your children.\u201d (Kenya)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWe have not inherited this land from our ancestors; rather we have borrowed it from our children.\u201d (Kenya)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-kenyan-inherited-this-land.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6910\" title=\"photo-0421-2014-kenyan-inherited-this-land\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-kenyan-inherited-this-land.png\" alt=\"Kenyan proverb: &quot;We have not inherited this land from our ancestors; rather we have borrowed it from our children.&quot;\" width=\"524\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-kenyan-inherited-this-land.png 524w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-kenyan-inherited-this-land-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-kenyan-inherited-this-land-500x292.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWhen you live next to the cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWithout history, [there is] no life.\u201d (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Asian and Indonesian Genealogy Proverbs &amp; Sayings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cA house without children is a graveyard.\u201d (India)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cChildren yoke parents to the past, present and future.\u201d (Japan)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cConsider the past and you shall know the future.\u201d (China)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDon\u2019t take the straight path or the winding path. Take the path your ancestors have taken.\u201d (Cambodia)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage.\u201d (China)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEverything in the past died yesterday, and everything in the future is born today.\u201d (China)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFruits of the same tree have different tastes; children of the same mother have various qualities.\u201d (China)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIt is difficult to repay the gifts you get at a wedding or a funeral.\u201d (China)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLearn about the future by looking at the past.\u201d (India\/Tamil)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMarried couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking.\u201d (China)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOnly fools seek credit from the achievements of their ancestors.\u201d (China)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe baby has not been born yet, and yet you assert that his nose is like his grandfather\u2019s.\u201d (India)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe old should be treated with due respect. Children should be treated with gentleness.\u201d (Japan)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe only things that were missing at the rich man\u2019s funeral were mourners.\u201d (China)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe past is the future of the present.\u201d (Japan)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe past remembered is a good guide for the future.\u201d (China)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTo forget one\u2019s ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.\u201d (China)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-chinese-forget-ones-ancestors.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6911\" title=\"photo-0421-2014-chinese-forget-one's-ancestors\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-chinese-forget-ones-ancestors.png\" alt=\"Chinese proverb: &quot;To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.&quot;\" width=\"641\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-chinese-forget-ones-ancestors.png 641w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-chinese-forget-ones-ancestors-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-chinese-forget-ones-ancestors-449x300.png 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cTo understand your parents\u2019 love, you must raise children yourself.\u201d (China)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYou can be cautious about the future but not the past.\u201d (China)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhen you have children yourself, you begin to understand what you owe your parents.\u201d (Japan)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWho has children cannot long remain poor; who has none cannot long remain rich.\u201d (China)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>European Genealogy Proverbs &amp; Sayings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cAll of the Earth\u2019s treasures can\u2019t bring back a lost moment.\u201d (France)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAn ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.\u201d (Spain)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBeloved children have many names.\u201d (Hungary)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBetween husband and wife, one doesn\u2019t put the spoon.\u201d (Portugal)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cChildren act in the village as they have learned at home.\u201d (Sweden)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cChildren travel from the heart to the heart.\u201d (Sweden)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCloseness without conflict only exists in the cemetery.\u201d (Finland)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEvery time history repeats itself, the price goes up.\u201d (Italy)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEverything goes by favor and cousinship.\u201d (France)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFrom our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues come our honors.\u201d (Latin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-latin-ancestors-names.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6912\" title=\"photo-0421-2014-latin-ancestors-names\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-latin-ancestors-names.png\" alt=\"Latin proverb: &quot;From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues come our honors.&quot;\" width=\"510\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-latin-ancestors-names.png 510w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-latin-ancestors-names-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-latin-ancestors-names-500x210.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cFuneral sermon, lying sermon.\u201d (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHappy nations have no history.\u201d (Belgium).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHe that hath no children doth bring them up well.\u201d (England)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;He who has no fools, knaves, or beggars in his family was begot by a flash of lightning.\u201d (England\/Old English)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHe who teaches children learns more than they do.\u201d (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHow did you rear so many children? By being fondest of the little ones.\u201d (Portugal)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIf the family is together, the soul is in the right place.\u201d (Russia)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIf nothing is going well, call your grandmother.\u201d (Italy)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIf you want to be a hundred you must start young.\u201d (Russia)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLife is short, but there\u2019s a lot to be done.\u201d (Russia)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMan learns from the cradle to the grave.\u201d (Welsh)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMay you never forget what is worth remembering, or remember what is best forgotten.\u201d (Ireland)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNo matter how tall your grandfather was, you have to do your own growing.\u201d (Ireland)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPraise borrowed from ancestors is but very sorry praise.\u201d (Denmark)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTake an onion with you to the funeral.\u201d (Sweden)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe glory of ancestors should not prevent a man from winning glory for himself.\u201d (Serbia)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe grandson wants to remember what the father wished to forget.\u201d (Spain)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Irish forgive their great men when they are safely buried.\u201d (Ireland)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe ones who brag most of their ancestors are unworthy of them.\u201d (Denmark)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe only real equality is in the cemetery.\u201d (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe remembrance of past sorrows is joyful.\u201d (Britain)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThere was already twenty in the family, so my grandmother had a baby.\u201d (Spain)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThose who dislike cats will be carried to the cemetery in the rain.\u201d (Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYou do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.\u201d (Russia)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYou have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once.\u201d (Poland)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYou live as long as you are remembered.\u201d (Russia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Middle Eastern Genealogy Proverbs &amp; Sayings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cA cemetery never refuses a corpse.\u201d (Lebanon)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAll strangers are relations to each other.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAttend funerals and avoid weddings.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBurial is the way to honor the dead.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFour things come not back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEvery day of your life is a page of your history.\u201d (Arabian)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhoever has no children has no light in his eyes.\u201d (Persia\/Iraq)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-arabian-page-your-history.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6913\" title=\"photo-0421-2014-arabian-page-your-history\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-arabian-page-your-history.png\" alt=\"Arabian proverb: &quot;Every day of your life is a page of your history.&quot;\" width=\"714\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-arabian-page-your-history.png 714w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-arabian-page-your-history-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/photo-0421-2014-arabian-page-your-history-470x300.png 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cHow great the grandfathers are, but how regretful what they left behind.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhen the judge\u2019s mule dies, everyone goes to the funeral; when the judge himself dies, no one does.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Caribbean, North and South American Genealogy Proverbs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cA beautiful funeral does not necessarily lead to paradise.\u201d (Creole)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cA people without a history is like the wind over buffalo grass. (Native American\/Sioux)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cArriving and leaving, hoping and remembering, that\u2019s what life consists of.\u201d (Haiti)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHome is the father\u2019s kingdom, the children\u2019s paradise, the mother\u2019s world.\u201d (American)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRegard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother, and all things as your brothers and sisters.\u201d (Native American)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRemember that your children are not your own, but are lent to you by the Creator.\u201d (Native American)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe daughter-in-law wipes away what the mother-in-law has seen.\u201d (South American)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWe do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.\u201d (Native American\/Haida)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhen the grandmothers speak, the earth will be healed.\u201d (Native American\/Hopi)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhen your own funeral is approaching, you don\u2019t pick and choose your grave diggers.\u201d (Jamaica)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other Ancestry &amp; Family-Related Proverbs &amp; Sayings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cA wedding is like a funeral, but with musicians.\u201d (Hebrew)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCome for your inheritance and you may have to pay for the funeral.\u201d (Hebrew)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDo not move the ancient boundary which your fathers have set.\u201d (Proverbs 22:28)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHe who does not research has nothing to teach.\u201d (Unknown)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHold on tight to the words of your ancestors.\u201d (New Zealand)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIf you do not honor your parents, your children will not honor you.\u201d (Hebrew)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMy fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.\u201d (Hebrew)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cStudy the past if you would divine the future.\u201d (Unknown)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWalk in the valley of our ancestors, learn of the history, and marvel at the beauty.\u201d (New Zealand)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWho dances at the wedding, weeps at the funeral.\u201d (Hebrew)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have some favorite genealogy-related proverbs, please share them with us in the comments section.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sites to Research Proverbs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quotationspage.com\/subjects\/proverbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quotations Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.special-dictionary.com\/proverbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Special Dictionary\u2019s World Proverbs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldofproverbs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World of Proverbs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover 101 funny, quirky and touching ancestor quotes from around the world. 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