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Scenario

How to process discovering slaveholding ancestors

My family tree research revealed that my ancestors owned enslaved people and I don't know what to do with this information.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Confronting ancestral complicity in historical injustice challenges moral self-concept and family pride.

Your guide for this
Hypatia
Hypatia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Genealogy & Family History?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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