Things you learn from your family...

[Kansas Bear]

I was playing the battle of hastings last night when I had my aunt talk about how my family was in that battle. She whipped out the family history, and I was shocked. Most of my family met on the battlefield. For instance, one of my grandfathers was one of the knights employed by William the Bastard (sorry, conqueror ). He married the sister of one of the survivng huscarles. One of my Great uncles served in the Varangian Guard. Another was part of the Scottish army under Robert the Bruce. Yet another came from the Teutonic Order and Russia. The Crusader States. Barbossa and the Lombard League. The list goes on. I think the only thing my family hasn't been involved in is the Reconquista. My family seems to have been made, it appears, on the battlefield. One guy kills another and then marries his sister. Does anyone else have such a dysfunctional family tree? Am I alone?

Depends whether most can trace their family back that far. Most records have been lost due to war, revolution, religious conflict, etc...


It is generally accepted that my family(Father's side) was forced out of Scotland by Cromwell.


I did have a G-G-grandfather in the Civil War, 2nd Kentucky Calvary.

Both grandfathers were too young for the first world war and too old for the second.

[Kansas Bear]

LordandConqueror,

If you're interested there is a gentleman from Australia, Leo Van de Pas, who is a world renowned genealogist. He has a website that consists mainly of royal/noble genealogy.

http://www.genealogics.org/index.php


Enjoy!

[MeROBIN]

My grandfather told me last night:
,,Hey you should go and kill some russians
-Why grandpha?
-Because you grand grand grand grand..............(after one hour)grandfather was a great warrior,his name was Robin Hood and your grand grand grand grand
(after one hour)grandmother was Joahn D'Arc.And another grand grand grand father was Elvis Presley and grand grand grand mother was Marlin Monroe.
And kill some russians cause we don't have hot water and the plummer is russian"

BTW My grandpha is mad
And BTW again this sounds like YourLordandConqueror story.