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Nov. 25th, 2013 04:56 pm
Family History
In a surprising turn of events, my father shared with me that I am related to
-Gen. Joseph Hooker, famous for being in the civil war and loving the ladies just a bit too much
-John Alden: Mayflower pilgrim (aka, could I be whiter? Well, no!)
(drumroll)
-William the Conqueror!
Feel free to start addressing me as Your Highness.
I'd still like to see some sort of one-tree representation of the 40 generations between an French/English king and the very not monarchical me. It required hopping through several people's work on Ancestry. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't fit on one paper, unless it was a very long roll... still. I'm impressed with the tenacity it takes to trace back that far. If we were talking any other part of the country, I don't know that you could have done it due to lack of records.
-Gen. Joseph Hooker, famous for being in the civil war and loving the ladies just a bit too much
-John Alden: Mayflower pilgrim (aka, could I be whiter? Well, no!)
(drumroll)
-William the Conqueror!
Feel free to start addressing me as Your Highness.
I'd still like to see some sort of one-tree representation of the 40 generations between an French/English king and the very not monarchical me. It required hopping through several people's work on Ancestry. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't fit on one paper, unless it was a very long roll... still. I'm impressed with the tenacity it takes to trace back that far. If we were talking any other part of the country, I don't know that you could have done it due to lack of records.
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