My family although they're very large on both my parents' sides they don't know much about their family tree. Occasionally they try to dig but they can't get very far and it's baffling. In Dublin it seems that so many public records were wiped out it's proven to be very difficult so I know very little.
Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.