Everything that you are    they hold   

Just one drop of your blood, a single drop of your blood contains everything you are, everything you have ever been and always will be. Contains them, the ones who walked before you, your ancestors - and your descendants at the same time. Contains their stories, fates, mysteries and their talents and strengths. You are them and they are you. You are connected to them via an invisible thread woven from more than just flesh and blood.  “Nobody is sick alone.” We are all connected to one another by an invisible net of energy lines and especially so in our original blood family. In the shamanic worldview, we not only deal with our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, but also with the 7 generations before us and beyond. Your mind may have a hard time understanding this and I often hear, "but I did not even know him / her" - for example the great great great grandmother. This is not important because all experiences are stored and passed on in the ancestral lineage (even in our DNA) and we often unconsciously carry on old patterns and trauma of our ancestors.