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Family Traditions and Culture
Individual identity is often defined by many things, family influence, traditions, culture,
religion, and your upbringing, just to name a few. To highlight, what I believe to be a few of the
most defining aspects of individual identity, are family influence, or tradition, and cultural
influence, or upbringing. These two overreaching factors directly correlate with individual self–
identity. How you are raised and the traditions and cultures you follow.
How you are raised in your family has a direct reflection of your day to day being. Some
might consider what you do weird, or taboo, but to you, it’s a normal thing. It’s just “How you
were raised.” The influence of your family could be both positive, and negative alike. The
