Man the industrial revolution sure has domesticated a lot of us huh? There's a reason why the automobile and trains were this huge deal. Not to mention jet travel.

No it was not easy or safe to leave your villages. And When people talk about lineage, it's usually, but not always the paternal side.

Next time you travel somewhere, I want you to think about how it might be different if you had to take a sail boat, horse, or walk there. How difficult would it be? And how safe would you feel carrying a backpack filled with everything you needed to live, trade, and barter? No cell phone, no pay phones.

Would you still live where you currently do? Could you see you and your descendents living in one place for generations if traveling meant there was a high potential for accidents, robbery, or just taking a big chunk of your time.