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Children get made fun of by other children all the time based on their families. Sometimes they get special treatment because of who they are related to as well: scholarships do this all the time, but punishments get lighter sometimes too.

It isn't fair, but no one can really escape their family history.

And while mature folks understand that their ancestors were probably horrible people, sometimes by both today's and yesterday's standards - it isn't something that always shows in actions.



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