My Relative Keeps Bringing Up a Vile Part of Our Family’s History. I’d Rather This Stay Buried.

Dear Prudence I’m surprised it keeps coming up. Advice by Jenée Desmond-Harris Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. Sign in or create an account to better manage your email preferences. Unsubscribe from email alerts Are you sure you want to unsubscribe from email alerts for Jenée Desmond-Harris? July 27, 202611:47 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Mariia Vitkovska/iStock/Getty Images Plus and grynold/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Submit questions here. Dear Prudence, We have an older relative who brings up family history that is troubling, to say the least, and that I’d rather not hear about at reunions. Sadl