We come into this Earth Plane vibrating at a certain frequency which creates our energetic signature. Our energetic signature attracts our experiences, karma and people into our life by matching our frequency to that situation or person. So if we are vibrating low, we will attract low/negative people and experiences in our life. These are the energetic patterns that get passed down for generations and generations.  They carry the energetic effect of the thoughts, emotions, actions and inactions of all of our ancestors.  They are the illnesses, limiting beliefs and patterns that are common in our ancestral lineages and present among many of our family members.  This can include some of the following: anxiety, depression, addiction, alcoholism, violence, abuse, secrecy, guilt, shame, abusive relationships, illness, cancer, racism, autoimmune diseases, infertility, allergies, asthma, misfortune, stubbornness, a bad temper, poverty consciousness, workaholic tendencies, patterns of sacrificing yourself for others, etc. When you have a trauma that is repeated in various lifetimes that means you have an energetic signature that keeps attracting a similar situation to play out again. The way to release this signature is to choose a different path, awaken new beliefs, heal the trauma (acceptance, release of victim and manifest ownership) and operate in new healthy patterns and thoughts. For example, if you were abandoned, you have to forgive yourself and the other person (authentically), understand and own that your soul called forth this experience for wisdom, strength and mastery, and shift the thoughts, beliefs, behaviors, patterns and people that you once engaged in that actually assisted in attracting this low vibrational experience.