Family Tree

[CASIGKAP]

I can't say the name of our family tree either BUT I will tell you that the ladies of my tree are ladies that were always thought to be the "quiet" ones. Once we overcame our initial shyness, we tend to bring down the house. We are all intensely loyal who basically call em as we see em. There is very little BS between us. Perhaps that's why we get along so great! Looks like the ladies knew what they were doing when deciding to take on little's.

[thermobryan]

yeah I have...We've only had 5 brothers in our family total...Actually my grand big, my big and myself all graduated college the same day and time....

[ADPiShannan]

Ive actually tried on several occasions to trace my family tree. Its so hard though cause when people dont have other peoples emails or addresses its hard to get in contact with them. I have been at a dead end for a while. You have actually given me hope though. I think I am going to try again to locate the next on our family tree and hopefully find her somewhere. Also I may be able to ask some people who may know her.

I think it would be awesome to be able to have that. Maybe even meet some of the people who are part of your fmaily way back then who are still alive. I bet theyd get a kick out of it too.

[hannahgirl]

I've been able to trace back to my grand-big. I know at one point, I learned who was her grand big but cannot remember now. I might have to do some more digging now that my mind is on it. I don't see myself ever tracing back to our founders since we're 125 years old....but i think it would be cool if i could!

[Sister Havana]

My APO chapter has a family tree planner you can download from the chapter website. Unfortunately, it hasn't been updated since 2000. But it does trace my littles through the fifth generation.

[AXGidget]

After reading all these posts I am getting interested in documenting my family's tree when I get back. Its going to be crazy because there has been some adopting lately...I have two "adopted" aunts now, complete with cousins. I have a copy of my branch going back about 4 generations that my big gave me, I think I'll pick up from there!

[IowaStatePhiPsi]

As a founding father for the recolonization of Phi Psi's Iowa Beta chapter I'll have to keep this in mind.

This is how the colony's family tree will look like this fall with our current count for our Beta pledge class:

   ___
  /   B
F<
  \A--B
   ___
  /   B
F<
  \A
F-----B
F-----B
F-----B
F-----B

But if rush keeps up my guess is the 4 Founders who did not have an Alpha class pledge-son will all have twins.

[bluefish81]

I luck out with tracing my family tree in two different ways. My family has a tradition of receiving a book of inspirational quotes, poems etc during Initiation week. Inside the book is the family tree. And even though the chapter that I'm an alumna from is over 50 years old, my family line started when a member transferred to ISU and affiliated.
Additionally, one of the archivist/historians for the chapter (well before my time) started a book and each page (or pages) is a different family. Now after each Initiation the new names just have to be added to the respective pages. It makes things pretty easy, but I'm sure it was a pain for the person that actually sat down and did all the original work.

[Peaches-n-Cream]

My chapter had six pledge classes as a local. They kept great records. I could trace back to the Founders of my local. The chapter continues a family tree to this day. Sadly, my branch of my family tree ended. I'm just happy that my chapter continues to record the family trees.

[blueGBI]

In my family I can go up to my great-great grand-big to where the line is like this:



(another family) aunt--cousin
/ /
G-G-G-Big -- G-G-Big-- G-Big-- Big-- Me -- little
| \
uncle sibling


I'm hoping that I'll have my first grand-lil this fall and maybe another little.

[PhiDelt649]

If you contact your HQ, they usually have alumni lists that have contact info. Thats how I traced mine, or at least got started with it.

[mommag2]

*hijack*

How serious of an issue is it when a family tree dies out in a chapter ?

My grandma had 2 littles and one is no longer active, so we hava a part of our family that has no littles so one day my tree might die out , and since our chapter is a samll one the only people that are allowed to have more then one little are founders, so if my little or her little goes inactive then my tree dies out.

I have one founder that is a big sister to all family trees, she graduated before we were granted chapter status, so we have all adopted her into our families.

*end hijack*

[PhiDelt649]

In our chapter, big/lils are very important. I think it is a huge thing if a family tree dies out. That means that someone, somewhere along the line, has given up. They have stopped trying to recruit, or they just don't care to have a little anymore, and help him along the path of Greek life.

Ive only been active for 2 semesters, and I have 3 little brothers and a twin, I think it has been one of the most rewarding experiences of Phi Delta Theta thus far. Plus, your little is going through what you did so long ago, and it reaffirms and refreshes my feelings towards my fraternity. I think it should do that to everyone.