Almost every European alive is a descendant of Charlemagne.
That’s just how generational expansion works when you have 16 great-grandparents.
It’s honestly weirder that there’s a relatively few number of proven descendants, I suppose many family fortunes were lost as the fallout of the war, making most of the remaining descendants of factory owners and slumlords instead.
I’m pretty sure that most black US Americans are not descendents of slaveholders.
The point isnt about how generational expansion works, its that we still have systemically racist economics that prevent former slaves from escaping serfdom and having any real wealth themselves
Almost every European alive is a descendant of Charlemagne.
That’s just how generational expansion works when you have 16 great-grandparents.
It’s honestly weirder that there’s a relatively few number of proven descendants, I suppose many family fortunes were lost as the fallout of the war, making most of the remaining descendants of factory owners and slumlords instead.
Theres also those of us whos ancestors destroyed such evidence and used the fallout of the war to move west.
I’m pretty sure that most black US Americans are not descendents of slaveholders.
The point isnt about how generational expansion works, its that we still have systemically racist economics that prevent former slaves from escaping serfdom and having any real wealth themselves
Most likely they are, actually. But of course, their inheritance was a lot different than these senators…