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How to honor family history when ancestors caused harm

I found out my great-grandfather owned slaves and now I don't know what to do with the family photos on my mantle or how to teach my children about where they come from.

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Discovering moral complexity in your lineage forces a reckoning with inherited guilt and the meaning of family pride.

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