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Like you, I have been inteerested in intergenerational trauma, epigenetics and emotional inheritance for a long time. What I learned was that stress hormones get passed down and inherited for 3 generations. It was eye-opening to read that the impact could be even longer, as what you mentioned in this article. It's very hard for me to trace the traumas from my ancestors, as little was remembered let alone written. I can only make guesses based on history and the tiny bits of stories my mother told. I suspect she had repressed a great deal and it became the dysfunctional way she relates to others. It then becomes a sort of personal investigation to piece together the puzzle of what I have inherited. I'm relieved that I never became a mother. But my mother used to ask me why I didn't have children. I couldn't tell her the truth. I think healing ourselves is the best we can do to break the cycle of intergenerational trauma.

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