Seasons change, time passes, but some things remain. You can change your work, the color of your hair, the size of your bank account, but one thing remains. You can't change the facts around your birth, your mother, your family and your heritage. It is what it is. So you might as well cherish and pay homage to the ancestry who created such a person as yourself.
Ancestry.com and other sites like Reunion.com make it possible to reconstruct a family's lineage. But that is after the fact information. Wouldn't it be nice to know your overseas family earlier?
The Ukrainian community in Calgary is a fair mix of newly arrived Canadians and many of the earlier stock. It would be so nice if we could help each other a bit more!
A few years back my folks became acquainted with a new-aspiring Canadian, but he eventually decided to return home. But they have retained contact. Through this gentleman, it has become possible to make closer ties with the old family places in Ukraine. He scouted out the cemetaries, the tiny hamlets, and found roads signs that showed places Google Maps couldn't find. It has just taken a personal touch, a relationship of mutual benefit.
I really hope our new Canadians from Ukraine feel welcome in our community, because who knows how our relationships could grow over time. Bravo for your aspirations to become Canadian, but also Bravo and Mnohaya Lita for those who are striving to make Ukraine a better place today and in the future!
Here are some new lyrics to the Ukrainian National Anthem - I hope you are moved!
EGOIST - Revolution - Новий Гiмн України 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0GayNxqoJc&feature=youtu.be
Ania Jacyniak's photo
Ancestry.com and other sites like Reunion.com make it possible to reconstruct a family's lineage. But that is after the fact information. Wouldn't it be nice to know your overseas family earlier?
The Ukrainian community in Calgary is a fair mix of newly arrived Canadians and many of the earlier stock. It would be so nice if we could help each other a bit more!
A few years back my folks became acquainted with a new-aspiring Canadian, but he eventually decided to return home. But they have retained contact. Through this gentleman, it has become possible to make closer ties with the old family places in Ukraine. He scouted out the cemetaries, the tiny hamlets, and found roads signs that showed places Google Maps couldn't find. It has just taken a personal touch, a relationship of mutual benefit.
I really hope our new Canadians from Ukraine feel welcome in our community, because who knows how our relationships could grow over time. Bravo for your aspirations to become Canadian, but also Bravo and Mnohaya Lita for those who are striving to make Ukraine a better place today and in the future!
Here are some new lyrics to the Ukrainian National Anthem - I hope you are moved!
EGOIST - Revolution - Новий Гiмн України 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0GayNxqoJc&feature=youtu.be
Ania Jacyniak's photo
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