"Keep in mind that the dead have no privacy rights and that which has already been made public cannot support a claim of invasion of privacy. A person must have a reasonable expectation of privacy and must act to keep his or her affairs private in order to make a successful claim of invasion of privacy."
"It may be that in writing a family history or publishing facts about someone’s ancestors, a living person is identified in some derogatory manner. However, it’s probably not sufficient for liability to merely make a family connection between the defamed ancestor and a living person."
