Heredity (1912)

Nineyearold Nedda is a direct descendant of the Trevors a family that can trace its roots back to the reign of King Charles I Alas the Trevors suffer severe financial reverses and Nedda is yanked from the luxury of her ancestral home in Britain to be raised on New Yorks Lower East Side Ten years later the grownup Nedda stands accused of the murder of her mother