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re: Do you appreciate what your ancestors have done for you?
Posted on 4/27/26 at 7:17 am to cubsfan5150
Posted on 4/27/26 at 7:17 am to cubsfan5150
Dad's side, definitely. Mom's side....not so much. Son's middle name is a family name, but also the ancestor who captained the ship that brought the family to Louisiana.
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Posted on 4/27/26 at 7:21 am to cubsfan5150
They escaped a concentration camp and got to america then hooked up with someone to make my dad
Posted on 4/27/26 at 7:21 am to LoneStar23
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Yes, mine were colonizers
That’s awesome to know your ancestors took so much risk to improve the standard of living for natives of other lands. It’s one of the most unselfish things people can do.
When organizations go to other lands today to build churches, provide medical services, help rebuild areas impacted by natural disasters, and even spreading seed, it’s routinely celebrated. But when the natives voluntarily accept cultural change due to the lessons learned, we are taught it’s bad. Kudos to your family.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 7:42 am to cubsfan5150
I sure do! The almost continuous striving for individual freedom cost many their lives and fortunes. The fact that there is no man in the world I have to kneel to is due to the sacrifices of my ancestors, and I appreciate it immensely!
Posted on 4/27/26 at 8:29 am to NotoriousFSU
quote:Holy run-on sentence there, Batman! 43 words, should have been three separate sentences.
Well none of them have ever passed down any money, property or wisdom to me so can’t really say that I have anything to appreciate other than simply being here, but even that isn’t something I’m too fond over from time to time.
And I disagree with the general (rambling) thesis: if a person is prepared for success from their family, then that can be considered an inherited item. It doesn’t have to be money or other tangible things. Merely existing isn’t enough- a person can get a poor intellect and/or a poor physical body. Anything more on those fronts than subsisting is a “win”.
I didn’t get much dollar value from my parents (or their ancestors) but using the traits they* instilled in me I’ve been able to generate enough for a nice existence for my family.
*”they” is an amalgamation of all my ancestors- it’s an interconnected chain reaching backwards, not just my parents
Posted on 4/27/26 at 8:35 am to cubsfan5150
I’m thankful all the time that my father’s side of the family left Eastern Europe when they did. Right before WWI too. They left at the right time.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 9:16 am to cubsfan5150
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Do you appreciate what your ancestors have done for you?
Except in cases of abuse or neglect or crimes against humanity, we should all have at least some appreciation for our immediate ancestors and a lot of respect for our ancestors in general.
I think one of the problems in the modern world is women don’t appreciate the hundreds of generations of extreme labor and sacrifice and bravery and ingenuity that it took from men to create a civilization this easy, free, safe, and convenient.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 9:54 am to cubsfan5150
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Do you appreciate what your ancestors have done for you?
Mine should have picked their own cotton
Posted on 4/27/26 at 10:04 am to cubsfan5150
How far are you going back?
This post was edited on 4/27/26 at 10:14 am
Posted on 4/27/26 at 10:21 am to cubsfan5150
I cannot imagine trusting a wooden ship to sail me safely across the Atlantic.
Then, finding a place to live and work in the wilderness and not dying until I'd had at least one kid.
Then that kid's kid lives long enough to have at least 1 kid, then that kid, etc, til I was born.
Then, finding a place to live and work in the wilderness and not dying until I'd had at least one kid.
Then that kid's kid lives long enough to have at least 1 kid, then that kid, etc, til I was born.
This post was edited on 4/27/26 at 10:23 am
Posted on 4/27/26 at 10:24 am to cubsfan5150
Very much so. I can't imagine the amount of courage it took to get on a boat and head across a giant ocean, your only possession being what you had on your back and in your pockets, realizing it was a one way trip.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:08 pm to cubsfan5150
The paternal and maternal side of my family both got to this land in the 17th & 18th centuries. They fought in the war for independence for the good guys at King’s Mountain and Cowpens. And for the Confederacy at Vicksburg and other places.
I could be in the Sons of the American Revolution & the Sons of the Confederacy (and really should join both). I’m a true Native American and for that I’m eternally grateful and proud of my ancestors.
I could be in the Sons of the American Revolution & the Sons of the Confederacy (and really should join both). I’m a true Native American and for that I’m eternally grateful and proud of my ancestors.
This post was edited on 4/27/26 at 12:15 pm
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