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I don't think you should shame or discredit people for the sins of their ancestors, which appears to be the point of the article. Are current German leaders tie

I don't think you should shame or discredit people for the sins of their ancestors, which appears to be the point of the article. Are current German leaders tied to the Holocaust because of what their grandparents did? "The Reuters examination reveals how intimately tied America remains to the institution of slavery, including through the “people who make the laws that govern our country,” said Henry Louis Gates Jr, a professor at Harvard University who focuses on African and African American research and hosts the popular television genealogy show Finding Your Roots on PBS."

13of40 3y ago
It's worth a thought whether you can trace generational wealth back to a time when people were enslaving people. I, for example, did some research a while back, since my family has been in America since the 1600's, and I found one instance of an ancestor who "owned" a slave. (In quotes because I accept this is not a legitimate use of the word.) No benefit of that has been passed down to me, and no information about it except my own digging, so I don't feel I'm responsible for that. Errata that I found during that search was she was set free when she married, and I had two (English) ancestors deeper in time who were themselves enslaved by Barbary pirates.