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[quote=Anonymous]I am a direct descendent of some of those folk, don't want to name which ones because they are in all the history books.

I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, it's important to recognize and understand that we are not born into a world fully formed just for us, and that we owe everything to those who came before us.

On the other hand, my grandmother was a daughter of the confederacy (or something like that), and she was a racist b%^&ch, and that's the nicest thing I can say about her. She was in the Social Register, and she felt that anyone lacking a pedigree equal to hers, was not worthy of her attention, or to be her daughter's friend or husband. Unfortunately, my mom didn't agree with her mother, ran off with a man beneath her station, and my grandmother gave my mom and my whole family sh#t for it for her entire life.

I've told my kids that they are related to these famous people, and they like that they see these names in history books and know they can trace their ancestry back (I have the family bible, and copies of genealogy records) to before our country was founded. But I have not told them that this ancestry accords them any status nor does it increase their worth to anyone. It's just part of who they are, and they accept that.

Does anyone still value this stuff? I guess the Social Register exists, but do people really think it means anything? Just curious. I thought my grandmother was a sick puppy, so I think people who believe in the value of whom one's ancestors are may be illin' in the head. [/quote]

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