First I created a basic family tree from my little knowledge of my family history. It’s never something I’ve been interested in but i have more so since losing a lot of family members. I know that my mother and father are from two different areas in the country, my mother from Luton and then moved to London and my father from Huddersfield and then moved to London where they met and had two children, me and my brother.
After briefly researching what a cartogram was I discovered I have actually had a cartogram from my DNA done before (see below) where this takes my saliva and comes up with a result of where my DNA is from so you can see I am predominantly European, specifically Irish which must be where the red hair colour in my family comes from now whether that is my mums or dads side I will never know but it’s fascinating to see.
So I created my own version of a cartogram of my family history and where i come from, the little pieces i can remember. Along with information about where things took place across the country.
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