Can revealing our shared history help us to better understand student's lives?

No matter how different we are we have a shared history but how much of it should we reveal in the classroom in order to better connect with students? I have shared the story of my ancestry many times. 'Sugar, Sugar Bitter-Sweet Tales of Indian Migrant Workers' reveals the story of 19th century Indian migration. It has sparked an every growing intergenerational conversation from those who share my story but had no platform on which to share it. Could revealing our family histories in the classroom do the same?