Before this obvious retcon, Alan Scott was married (twice) with two children who became superheroes. Not sure why DC needed to do this. They could have just introduced a new character. BTW, one of Alan Scott’s kids turned out to be that way...
Marxism... they can’t just start their own characters, or do their own art, or have their own heroes, their own businesses, their own schools. They have to destroy everything but their own foul emissions.