Learning more about your past can sometimes be good and bad. There are times when you learn things that you didn't want to know in the first place. In Jacob's case, I think it was good because it is important to him to find out as much as he can about his family.

When Jacob meets Geertrui he learns a lot about his past. Geertrui tells him stories about his grandfather that make Jacob think more deeply about his life and his past. When Geertrui was talking to Jacob about his life, she said, "Is it better to go with the flow or let the flow go?" I think she was talking about Jacob not making decisions based on what everyone else around him is doing, but rather what he really wants.

In conclusion, I think that it was very good for Jacob to go meet his grandmother because he was able to learn a lot about his family. Also through what he learned about his family he was able to learn more about himself and he even made close friends.