Children who know where they come from have a stronger sense of who they are. When families tell stories about grandparents, great-grandparents, and ancestors—their struggles, virtues, and even their mistakes—children receive an identity that extends beyond their own short experience. Simple rituals of remembrance—lighting a candle on an anniversary, visiting a grave, telling a story at dinner—connect the child to a longer chain of human effort. This is not ancestor worship in a religious sense; it is ancestor acknowledgment: recognizing that we did not start from zero, and that those who came before us still live in our habits, our values, and our stories.