Really? I was adopted.. and I have no clue who my people are or were.
Except that my bio-father was book-smart and my bio-mother was artistic,
I don't know a thing
I grew up with no one to relate to. My family and I never got along on
*any* level.
Be it taste, subjects of interest, style, mannerisms, looks,
intelligence, artistic ability.
But, I think I have a greater self of my person than the majority have
of their own persons.
This came from a lot of time, and effort through introspection, though..
not history.
Perhaps there's even an advantage to not knowing my history.
It doesn't cloud my judgement while I assess myself.
I have a much harder time making assumptions.
I tend to wait for much more data than others before I come to a
conclusion about myself.
Of course, I did have one aspect of history to help me. The history of
my behavior, and
their contingencies.
Besides that though, is more necessary?