A review by erinbeever
Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation by Maud Newton

5.0

A really interesting take on the current state of genealogy and trying to reconcile not just personal family trauma but dealing with a families' part in white supremacy. It's the kind of stuff all of us who've benefitted from whiteness should be thinking about - to think about how we've gotten where we are with kindness but without romanticizing it or shrugging it off as just what people did back in the day, and how we can use that knowledge to not repeat our ancestors' mistakes and build something better.

I add that it's well written and full of interesting characters and well researched stories about historical research and dna genealogy companies if I've made it sound like a book about "here's why you're bad and you should feel bad"