What should I ask my sister?

Ask what she remembers about your parents, what she protected you from, and what she thinks you have never understood about her.

We remember our childhood differently. Is that a problem?

No — keeping both versions side by side is more honest than agreeing on one.

How do we collect the answers?

Go Family Story emails each of you three questions a week by private link and keeps every answer in one shared family archive.

Questions to ask your sister

You grew up in the same house and remember two different families. These questions are for comparing notes — about your parents, your childhood and the woman your sister became.

Questions to ask your sister about her own life

Ask these directly. Most are worth answering yourself as well.

1.What was it like being a girl in our family?
2.What did we share that nobody else got to see?
3.What advice would you give about raising children?
4.What was the worst fight we ever had?
5.When did we stop being children together?
6.What do you wish we had done differently as sisters?
7.What was kept in the good cupboard that nobody was allowed to touch?
8.What do we both do that is pure family?
9.What would you want said about us as sisters?
10.What did you carry for the family that nobody thanked you for?
11.What music did you play so loudly that somebody complained?
12.Which of our family stories do you tell other people?
13.What do you hope we still do together?
14.What was our house like when we were small?
15.What did you get wrong about love early on?
16.What did our parents seem like to you then?
17.What did we do together when nobody was watching?
18.What did we fight about, and who usually won?
19.What did illness or injury teach you?
20.What trouble did we get into together?
21.What was mealtime like in our house?
22.What did holidays look like for us?
23.What object in your home would surprise a stranger?
24.What is the funniest thing that ever happened between us?
25.When did we grow apart, if we did, and why?
26.What brought us back together?
27.What conversation are you still avoiding?
28.What was the hardest thing our family went through?
29.How did that change you?
30.What did our parents give you that you carry?
31.What is a small daily ritual you would not give up?
32.What did they get wrong, in your view?
33.What do you wish we had done differently as brother and sister?
34.What do you want our children to know about us?
35.What were your parents like when you were small?
36.What family story must never be lost?
37.What was your place in the family, and did you choose it?
38.What did we fight about most?
39.Who was your first real friend, and what did you do together?
40.What did we do together that nobody else knew about?
41.What was hardest about growing up in our family?
42.What changed between us when we left home?
43.What music did you love at sixteen?
44.What do you think our childhood did to you?
45.What do you wish we had talked about years ago?

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Questions to answer about your sister

You have known her longer than almost anyone. Write it down before the detail goes.

46.What is she like as a girl in your house?
47.What did the two of you do together that your parents never knew about?
48.What is the funniest thing that ever happened between you?
49.What did she borrow and never give back?
50.What did she get away with that you never could?
51.What does she protect you from?
52.When do they surprise you completely?
53.What do you envy about her?
54.Who was she at school, and who was she at home?
55.What does she want her life to look like?
56.What were they stubborn about?
57.What was the worst argument the two of you had?
58.When do the two of you become friends rather than siblings?
59.What does she understand about your family that nobody else does?
60.How do they say sorry?
61.What does she do that is exactly like your mother or father?
62.What has she carries for the family?
63.What is she like to have on your side?
64.What do their home feel like?
65.What does she find hard to talk about?

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What should I ask my sister?: Ask what she remembers about your parents, what she protected you from, and what she thinks you have never understood about her.
We remember our childhood differently. Is that a problem?: No — keeping both versions side by side is more honest than agreeing on one.
How do we collect the answers?: Go Family Story emails each of you three questions a week by private link and keeps every answer in one shared family archive.