Trigger Warning:  Family Violence, Emotional Abuse, Substance and Alcohol Abuse, Physical Abuse, Mental Abuse, Childhood Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse. Please do not continue if any of the above topics trigger you. Understanding the Impact of Generational Trauma through Genealogy. David Koresh, born Vernon Lee Howell, was once a child who loved living with his grandma, but is best remembered as a cult leader and for a standoff/ raid on his Branch Davidian Compound i