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[haptalaon]

 I've always thought of ancestor work as "ugh, how can you even when your associations with family are so unhappy." Now, however, I'm thinking about it as a kind of stand in.

Ancestor work can provide the kind of unconditional love, support, defence and guiding in you that mortal families often can't. A long line stretching back, and they're all invested and walking with you? That's bitchin, and it's humbling and difficult to begin ancestor work knowing you'll never have that kind of relationship with your family in the flesh.

I see people with this question quite a lot; but I'm cautiously dipping my toe in  and finding it's ok.

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[ilthit]

I think I'd feel more comfortable with ancestor work if I could send an anonymous note up like, hey, anyone up there willing to talk to me, without accidentally reaching out to my grandmother and deeply disappointing her by being a queer Pagan.