James laughs a little. "Well, we can't take all the credit. It's been a sort of multi-generational project on my side of the family, dating back to before the founding of the Federation. Every few generations, somebody updates the records. Family trees branch out so much and there's been so many records lost to time that it's never going to be complete, not to mention when new family lines marry into the family, but it's interesting to learn what we can about our ancestors."

"Especially with opposing methods of tracking families," Ruth adds. "Historically, most Earth societies have favored patrilineal descent, but according to halakha, Jewish family lines are passed down through the mother, not the father."