“Why do I get the feeling that those who very strident in denouncing yichus are not proud of their family history?
Is there something wrong in being proud of your family history? “
I am a direct descendant of Aharon Hakohein. There – I’ve said it! I am proud to be a Bas Kohein, but that still does not make me more special than another frum yid, to the extent that I need feel smug about it. IF I live my life in a way that made my father O”H proud, then the fact that I am descended from Kohanim is of note. If I shame the lineage from which I come, then who cares if I am the daughter of, sister of, ANYTHING of the people who WERE worthy of the title? Yichus is only yichus if one follows in the footseps of the first meyuchas in the family.