This came from one of my other lists. Thought It might bring a laugh or
two!
Jenny
List Mom
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From: <CBraun675(a)aol.com>
To: <MACFARLAND-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 7:19 AM
Subject: [MACFARLAND] LAMENT OF AN AMERICAN GENEALOGIST
The following is from another mail list but I thought it was so
appropriate
for this list. I continue to run across the same names in my
research but
then cannot make the actual connection to my family. Have a safe and
happy
holiday weekend.
Conni in Ohio
LAMENT OF AN AMERICAN GENEALOGIST
Charting my American family tree,
Is like tracing a mongrel dog's pedigree.
Records of my family's kith and kin,
Show up English, Scotch, French, and a few Welshmen.
Its a jumble of families who use the same names.
That is, nine brothers will have a son named "James."
Cousins marry cousins and in-laws do wed.
If one wife dies, he'll take her sister to bed.
One uncle of mine traveled far from his land;
He wanted a wife who wasn't kin to his clan,
When he brought her home and figured her lines,
She was a cousin to him, twenty-two times.
A wise child is one who knows his own sire;
A genealogist has to assume the mother's no liar.
Non-Aryan races trace descent through the mother;
I consider this method more accurate than any other.
But I've traced all my lines through the father, too
And patiently chased down every clue.
Now that my charts all completed and framed under glass,
I'm proud I'm an American --100% middle class.
Author Unknown
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