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March 28, 2005
More Kinfolk
Y'all may not find genealogy all that interesting, but I think it's fascinating. I've been going through some research a cousin did on one branch of my mom's family and discovered that I have German ancestry to add to the mix of Irish, Welsh and Cherokee. A regular little melting pot, I am.
I did a little poking around on my own, and found that this branch of the family has been traced back to 1537. One ancestor was even reportedly a "very active member" of Luther's Reformation movement in present-day Germany. There's several Lutheran ministers and even a few sheriffs in that side of the family too....pretty funny when I look at how some of my cousins turned out.
What I find even more amusing is that, according to the genealogy, I'm eligible for membership in both this and this. Not that I'd join. Much like Groucho, I usually won't join any club that would have me as a member.
But the oddest thing, as my mother pointed out, is that my great-grandfather's great-great-nephew married a woman from Oklahoma whose last name is the same as my SIL's. My mom asked what I thought about my daughter and SIL possibly being (very) distantly related. I told her I thought it proved that I didn't move nearly far enough away from home.
She didn't think that was funny. Heh.
Posted by Rita at March 28, 2005 08:53 AM