Most of the women on my matrilineal side share the hobby of doing extensive research in family history. Like tracing the family tree back to the 1500s level. It’s kinda cool being able to have a cohesive story of where my family has been and what they’ve done or been through. It still seems kinda….feudal adjacent in a sense.
Idk my lefty self-crit sense is tingling. What’s the line on this? Obviously there is a great deal of white privilege in even being able to, but often enough privilege seems to be something everyone should have rather than nobody having it. Thoughts?
In itself it's fine, but many people are reactionary about it. It's better than DNA test cuz it takes some effort on the person's part, but it can lead to similar problematic stuff.
Even when it's fine though, it can be annoying. Like having a one sided conversation with a super nerd about comic book characters.