Gave me a chuckle and we all need that in genealogy now and again.
Jo Hogle
Listowner
A psychiatrist visited a California mental institution and asked a
patient, "How did you get here? What was the nature of your illness?" He
got the following reply.
"Well, it all started when I got married and I guess I should never have
done it. I married a widow with a grown daughter who then became my
stepdaughter.
My dad came to visit us, fell in love with my lovely stepdaughter, then
married her. And so my stepdaughter was now my stepmother. Soon, my wife
had a son who was, of course, my daddy's brother-in-law since he is the
half-brother of my stepdaughter, who is now, of course, my daddy's wife.
So, as I told you, when my stepdaughter married my daddy, she was at
once my stepmother! Now, since my new son is brother to my stepmother,
he also became my uncle. As you know, my wife is my step-grandmother
since she is my stepmother's mother. Don't forget that my stepmother is
my stepdaughter. Remember, too, that I am my wife's grandson.
But hold on just a few minutes more. You see, since I'm married to my
step-grandmother, I am not only the wife's grandson and her hubby, but I
am also my own grandfather. Now can you understand how I got put in this
place?"
After staring blanky with a dizzy look on his face, the psychiatrist
replied: "Move over!"