Ahh, yes! Yep, I am the person who noticed the genealogy! I have often thought LJ has a lot of potential for sharing family history, but haven't really had the time to follow that up.

How long have you been working on your family history? I started about ten years ago, though most of the work I did on it was during the first five years.

I did something similar when joining LJ -- I sort-of lurked around in the shadows reading fic before deciding to get myself my own shiny journal. I have always been lucky with finding lovely people around LJ to talk with!