Talk:Wiki Family Tree

western bias in trees

I'm no specialist in the subject, but I think that the concept of 'tree' only re-inforces the myth of the nuclear family and of the 'lineage' and regal claims associated with it... Everybody is fascinated by the question 'where do we come from' but in many cases the social relationships outweight the genetic ones. A genetic tree is the 'simplest approach' to the issue, but fails dramatically in many cases where a society has other values and structures... --Xavi 10:46, 23 July 2007 (EDT)