In all families, maternal grandmothers play a key role in the lives of their grandchildren. However, few could imagine that they have a deeper influence than we think.
It is no secret to anyone that grandmothers are essential in the lives of their grandchildren. in all families, maternal grandmothers play a key role during mothers’ pregnancy. In addition, they are the main companions and caregivers of their daughters after childbirth.
They are of great support during the first days of the baby’s life, becoming an essential figure. For both the mother and the child, the grandmother is that special being who guides and teaches the most basic for the path that a woman begins to walk with her baby.
As time goes by a grandmother provides examples of behavior and affection for his grandson. Usually the grandmothers they also know how to respect their role of authority and they are able to pamper children with small details. However, they have another fundamental role that almost nobody knows about. Keep reading!
Maternal grandmothers play a fundamental role
The fundamental role of maternal grandmothers that few know was pointed out by a Chilean essayist and a French writer. They are Alejandro Jodorowsky and Marianne Costa, who published a new theoretical study that suggests that the influence of grandmothers is also transmitted in the genetic field.
According to Jodorowsky and Costa, this influence occurs when women become pregnant with girls. And it is that in the process of formation of the fetus, the genetic information of the mother and grandmother will be in the oocytes (female cells responsible for reproduction).
It is important to know that just as it happens with the female sex, this genetic inheritance is also present in the case of male children. According to the authors, inherited DNA can carry physical and personality characteristics.
The same happens with the experiences of the period of pregnancy with the grandmother. This means that the experiences lived by the grandmother influence the lives of the grandchildren.
An approach that should be investigated
The book written by Marianne Costa and Alejandro Jodorowsky is entitled Metagenealogy: the family tree as art, therapy and search for the essential Self. It’s important to put attention on the information presented in this study has not yet been substantiated by scientific evidence and research.
In this way, its content should not be understood as something 100% true, but as an interesting read. It is curious to think that beyond the bond of love and affection that we have with our grandmothers, there is also a connection that includes personality. This, due to the DNA we inherit from them.
With this approach, we find one more reason to be grateful for the presence of a such an important figure and darling in our lives. By tradition, maternal grandmothers create a unique bond with children and represent a figure without equal. Now we have one more reason to celebrate for that special connection.
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