Yes, as you said, even an explanation we wouldn't like would be preferable to none at all.
My culture has no way to account for people from eight hundred years in the future. There is no frame of reference that fits. Do you want me to pity you, think you a peasant and an orphan, is that it? I don't. Your time is full of wonders that my culture hasn't dreamt of!
If your culture would look down upon me for my birth, then that is a charge I cannot answer. I am proud of my family.