I still haven't read back on this thread yet, and need to try get some sleep..
But ancestors..

I recently found an online photo of Jews being rounded up and herded from their home town in Europe, by n@zis..
The branch of my mother's family tree which was pruned mercilessly..

That faded blurry photo depicted powerlessness as clearly as anything...

Some of those unknown individuals, may very likely have been my distant family...???