Same boat, my family came over from Germany between The Wars, America's 18th and 19th century mistakes aren't our fault, glad they solved them before we got here, not sure whyanybody is obsessing on them now. Something the reperations movement deliberately ignores is the VAST percentage of this country that owes it's lineage to post Civil War immigration, it's a group that doesn't, through even the most creative guilt math, owe the decendants of slaves anything.
Then there are those of us whose forefathers fought for the Union. Should we be penalized for the very crime that our ancestors fought AGAINST? That's infuriating.
If reparations (liberal style) ever passes, the very first thing I'll do is organize a "Descendants of Union Vets" group and sue for exemption. And the second thing I'll do is sue an ancient, guilty instituion - the DEMOCRATIC PARTY -- for having defended slavery and thereby sparking the Civil War, leading to my ancestor's "trauma".
I do think that the Keyes idea might have merit though, if only because it may eventually doom ALL income taxes.