diff --git a/data/ancestries.sql b/data/ancestries.sql
index 5a47d33..6ebdbe5 100644
--- a/data/ancestries.sql
+++ b/data/ancestries.sql
@@ -7,15 +7,38 @@
 /* Probably need to model Half-Elf and Half-Orc as a whole separate
 ancestry? NO. They are separate heritages, not separate ancestries. */
 
-INSERT INTO ancestries (ancestry_id, short_name, flavor_text, hp, size_id, speed,
-                        boosts, flaws, vision_id)
+
+INSERT INTO ancestries (ancestry_id, short_name, flavor_text, hp, size_id, speed, vision_id)
 VALUES
-  (1, 'Dwarf', 'TODO', 10, 3, 20, 84, 32, 1),
-  (2, 'Elf', 'TODO', 6, 3, 30, 74, 4, 2),
-  (3, 'Gnome', 'TODO', 8, 2, 25, 100, 1, 2),
-  (4, 'Goblin', 'TODO', 6, 2, 25, 98, 16, 1),
-  (5, 'Halfling', 'TODO', 6, 2, 25,  82, 1, 3),
-  (6, 'Human', 'TODO', 8, 3, 25, 128, 0, 4);
+  (1, 'Dwarf', 'TODO', 10, 3, 20, 1),
+  (2, 'Elf', 'TODO', 6, 3, 30, 2),
+  (3, 'Gnome', 'TODO', 8, 2, 25, 2),
+  (4, 'Goblin', 'TODO', 6, 2, 25, 1),
+  (5, 'Halfling', 'TODO', 6, 2, 25, 3),
+  (6, 'Human', 'TODO', 8, 3, 25, 4);
+
+
+/* TODO insert remaining data into ancestries_boosts and ancestries_flaws */
+
+/* Example Query to get boosts in text representation:
+
+sqlite> select ancestries.short_name, abilityscores.short_name FROM ancestries INNER JOIN ancestries_boosts on ancestries_boosts.ancestry_id = ancestries.ancestry_id INNER JOIN abilityscores on ancestries_boosts.abilityscores_id = abilityscores.abilityscores_id;
+   short_name  short_name
+   ----------  ----------
+   Dwarf       CON
+   Dwarf       WIS
+   Dwarf       Free1
+*/
+
+INSERT INTO ancestries_boosts (ancestry_id, abilityscores_id)
+VALUES
+  (1, 3), -- dwarf CON
+  (1, 5), -- dwarf WIS
+  (1, 7); -- dwarf free 1
+
+INSERT INTO ancestries_flaws (ancestry_id, abilityscores_id)
+VALUES
+  (1, 6); -- dwarf CHA
 
 /* TODO flesh out the ancestry-trait pairs */
 
diff --git a/schema/ancestries.sql b/schema/ancestries.sql
index b19c6c2..8c2df38 100644
--- a/schema/ancestries.sql
+++ b/schema/ancestries.sql
@@ -18,13 +18,27 @@ CREATE TABLE ancestries (
   hp INTEGER NOT NULL,
   size_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
   speed INTEGER NOT NULL,
-  boosts INTEGER NOT NULL,
-  flaws INTEGER NOT NULL,
   vision_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
   FOREIGN KEY (vision_id) REFERENCES visions(vision_id),
   FOREIGN KEY (size_id) REFERENCES sizes(size_id)
 );
 
+CREATE TABLE ancestries_boosts (
+  anc_boosts_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
+  ancestry_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+  abilityscores_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+  FOREIGN KEY (ancestry_id) REFERENCES ancestries(ancestry_id),
+  FOREIGN KEY (abilityscores_id) REFERENCES abilityscores(abilityscores_id)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE ancestries_flaws (
+  anc_flaws_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
+  ancestry_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+  abilityscores_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+  FOREIGN KEY (ancestry_id) REFERENCES ancestries(ancestry_id),
+  FOREIGN KEY (abilityscores_id) REFERENCES abilityscores(abilityscores_id)
+);
+
 /* has partial data */
 CREATE TABLE visions (
   vision_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
@@ -67,6 +81,7 @@ CREATE TABLE traittypes (
   name TEXT NOT NULL
 );
 
+/* TODO THIS TABLE IS LIKELY NOT NEEDED. THANKS WES! */
 
 CREATE TABLE heritages_traits (
   id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,