Some of us may have mixed feelings about discovering ancestors who fought for the Confederacy or who owned slaves - history and heritage that can inspire pride and disappointment at the same time. Listen to a podcaster who faced her own dilemma here.
"It runs the gamut between being very proud of the heritage and being very proud of having a Confederate ancestor to, hey, you know what? We had this Confederate ancestor, but it really doesn’t mean anything to me; it happened in the past, you know, let’s move on,” she said.
"She fell somewhere else on the spectrum – wanting to acknowledge the ancestor, but also wanting to better understand him and how his legacy might still have influence today."