re: Ever discovered a ancestor or relative was a very bad person

My fathers father(Dad was put up for adoption, thankfully, so I've personally never even thought to call the man Grandpa) was a pretty big POS.

One story being: My dad was around 7-8 years old and was told to stack the firewood in the backyard. When he was finished, his father "informed" him that he'd done it incorrectly by shooting his dog and forcing him to bury it.

My dad may have had some drinking problems through life, but I honestly don't know how he didn't become a serial killer after a lot of what he went through before/during the time he spent in foster care.

Luckily, my grandmother was a saint and decided adoption was the route she wanted to go in having a child.