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Do you believe in ancestor veneration?
Wow. Wildly negative results!
My guess is that a lot of it is the loaded anthropological term I used.
The answers may have been different if I'd asked if people had respect for their heritage, remembered their deceased family members with fondness, or used other phrases more in line with contemporary Western practice.
Or maybe not! I might try different wording in the future.
@splicer mentioned graves, funerals, photos in the home and memorials.
I also listed statues; named holidays; use of surnames or family names; naming children after family members; "what the founders intended"; family recipes; family traditions; genealogy; inheritance laws; historical reënactment.
Other possibilities: keepsake items; place names like streets, parks, towns, and states.
For me personally, I'm a qualified yes.
I have photos of family members in my house going back 3 generations.
We tell stories of those people. I've visited many of their homes, in multiple countries.
I'm named after my grandfather and my son and father are named after my great-grandfather.
I cook heritage foods, grow heritage crops, and celebrate heritage holidays. I try to trace genealogy.
I like to think that the effort and good will of my ancestors helps me and my kids today.