Depression and the severity of its symptoms are influenced not only by the events of a person’s life, but also by the history of his family and clan. How is this connected? Researchers on this issue agree that family history has a significant impact on a person’s depressive state. To a large extent, this negative influence is influenced by how aware a person is of this story. Family history often comes up in therapy. Some stories about the past from the lips of parents, there are mysteries and secrets that a person tries to come into contact with, because he feels a strong emotional charge there, which affects him. A depressive state from this point of view can be considered as ignorance of what is happening to me, what depresses me, the inability to look into the future, complete powerlessness in front of it, humility in front of the stronger circumstances of life, which always unfold in a certain unfavorable way. And life itself is in black and white, bleak and frightening. It is believed that family secrets have a negative impact on descendants. An atmosphere of fear, danger, and a sense of injustice is unconsciously conveyed. Mental experiences, through which the processing of traumatic events must occur, seem to be locked in a cage, cannot escape, they cannot be expressed. There are some internal prohibitions, restrictions, fears, the nature of which their bearer knows nothing about. But it is also impossible to part with them. Because in order to part with something, it must at least be named. When examining your emotional state, you should take this into account. That this condition may also be due to family history. Which in such cases needs to be explored in order to understand what this story means for a person personally, how it affects the emotional perception of life events. And, conversely, awareness, knowledge about the history of one’s family and clan can be a resource and support in difficult life situations, give feeling of support. Even if sad events and losses are hidden there, which in this case can be mourned and thus emotionally disconnected from them. When examining ourselves, we cannot do without turning our gaze to the past, without connecting our lives with what we inherited from our ancestors. After all, our ancestors are not only our parents, they are always more than just parental figures.