The problem with Ancestor worship

One problem with modern Wicca and other forms of Neo Paganism is the fixation on ancestor worship and appreciation. "Honor your ancestors" can be found in pretty much every cultural tradition but it's abundant with Wiccans and Neo Pagans. And this fixation has a way of othering people whose family were... not that good. Suppose you find out you had Yahtzee (word that starts with an N and rhymes with Yahtzee) in your family tree. Or what if you came from an abusive household? Suppose you were disowned by your family, or your blood family has a history of generational abuse or bigotry. What then? How can you do Wiccan ancestor worship if you find out your kin were witch hunters or inquisitors? And what if you're adopted and find out your birth parents never wanted you because they were busy getting high on meth? Sometimes the whole "honor the ancestors" doesn't work. Yes, there are thousands upon thousands of years of human bloodlines that make you who you are and no matter how awful some ancestors were, they can't all have been that bad. But there could still be trauma attached to the very idea of worshipping your previous blood kin.

So here's my solution. Ancestor worship that is not about blood kin. "Ancestors in magick." Think of all the unmarried, child-less witches, Neo-Pagans, Wiccans out there. Why should they go un-honored just because they opted to not have children or couldn't have children?

They were bachelors and "Spinsters" and they were also teachers, healers, companions, guides, leaders, and friends. And they deserve appreciation. And sometimes their spirits linger to guide and educate others. It's not right that practitioners of ages past tend to get overlooked if they don't have biological children and spawned giant family trees. These are people who deserve honor and respect. So I propose the name for them. "Ancestors in Magick." And these ancestors deserve worship too and perhaps those who don't have blood family they can fondly look back on, can think fondly of them. These previous practitioners who had no blood-descendants are family by faith and knowledge if not blood and they deserve appreciation.