On the contrary, it is a very big chance for you. This responsibility will serve you as a factor for self-remembering. And in this way you will be able to redress the past for your father, grandfather and grand-grandfather. If this happened when you were young, it is because someone sowed it. Now, you reap.
Somebody is dead and it is someone else that reaps.
You should not think only of yourself. Or if you prefer, you can be selfish, but only in what concerns your blood and not in regards to your little life. It is an honor to occupy this place. Be proud of it. The more you will feel compelled to redress the consequences of the past, the more you will remember that, you also, did not do as you should have done.