I just found out that one of my great great grandfathers served on the Confederate side

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

177. The turn started with my mother. She's a relatively liberal Dem, and three of her five children

are true blue liberals. My one brother, I think has turned Republican in his early fifties, and just one of my sisters is and has always been an R, though she's probably less racist than bro.

Very cool that your son-of-a-Confederate-soldier g-g-father became a jazz musician and all-around good guy!

On my dad's side of the family, they're pretty much all racists to this day, except my dad, who has his days, but voted for Obama twice. His mother was very cool and liberal.

Even his half brother, who was a horn man, was shockingly racist. We only met him when he was in his late 60s, and his gleefully told us the story of how some politician friend of his brought dancer/actor Gregory Hines over to meet him, and he told him to "Get that n***** out of my house!"

Nice first impression (all around.)