User blog comment:Steel Scarlet Spider/Lineages/@comment-160289-20150520131428

Being insignificant doesn't mean that he isn't an ancestor. Eobard tells Eddie that they are family, but specifically mentions him as the only Thawne that will never be remembered. To me, Eobard really considers Eddie as someone insignificant, though Stein makes him realize that he is the one that chooses his own future.