Re: Forebears (was: Whiteness?)
| From: | Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 6, 2000, 6:37 |
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> Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 06:59:47 +0100
> From: Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...>
> AFAIK all my forebears were commoners (maybe it's as well that I can't
> trace them back back more than about three generations!)
If what they used to say about the sons of the lord in the manor and
the village girls is true, there should be a good chance of everyone
in a rural setting having some unofficial but aristocratic ancestor
within four or five generations.
My grandmother (paternal) and her sisters used to eagerly discuss an
old family rumour that her grandfather was a byblow of the then crown
prince back in the 1840's. Otherwise, I'm of peasant and merchant
stock myself.
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)