To understand your relationship to your ancestors, it is important to recognize that each aspect analyzed is focused on a specific facet of your ancestors' makeup. For example, in one chapter you might learn some of your ancestors likely lived on the darker fringes of society, while the next chapter suggests an innate desire for honor and justice motivated many of their choices. While this appears to be a contradiction, it probably isn't. Think of it as the "Robin Hood syndrome" where thievery and honor occupy the same heart; we all possess contradictions in our personality and the approaches we take to various issues.

This chapter centers on the dominant source of strength that helped your ancestors survive and prosper.
