Of my ancestry I know almost nothing. In the slave quarters, and even later, I heard whispered conversations among the coloured people of the tortures which the slaves, including, no doubt, my ancestors on my mother’s side, suffered in the middle passage of the slave ship while being conveyed from Africa to America.
Ancestors Quotes
Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own.
The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it should be such as to give him but little occasion to think much about it.
A man who boasts only of his ancestors confesses that he belongs to a family that is better dead than alive.
Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.
You should study the Peerage… It is the best thing in fiction the English have ever done.
Nearly every man is a firm believer in heredity until his son makes a fool of himself.
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
A man’s rootage is more important than his leafage.
A genealogist is one who traces your family back as far as your money will go.
