My Family is Underground

How does a life defined by death affect the course of history?

Key Points

Because so many family members died before I was even born, entire branches and history were lost to me.
Throughout my life, the rate of death has only accelerated to the point where there are more people underground than there are those walking on it.
Death has taken many other forms, including of the self due to dementia, of relationships due to estrangement, and of connection due to disappearance.