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W.D.Y.T.Y.A

Derek1952
Derek1952 Posts: 779
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Watched W D Y T Y A. last evening with Matt Lucas,the first twenty minutes was not very keen on.But the last half hour was very interesting about his family being linked with Anne Frank(just ordered her book).
I have always found that part of History interesting.I have read a trilogy of books about Hitler;s rise to Fuhrer.

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  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    The good old nature verses nurture programme.
    I understand I am partially descended from King Edward 111 but that doesn’t mean I want to go to war with France.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    seth plum said:
    The good old nature verses nurture programme.
    I understand I am partially descended from King Edward 111 but that doesn’t mean I want to go to war with France.
    And I'm no relation whatsoever to Edward the 3rd, and I'm convinced we should
  • Dave Rudd
    Dave Rudd Posts: 2,865
    North Lower Neil said:
    seth plum said:
    The good old nature verses nurture programme.
    I understand I am partially descended from King Edward 111 but that doesn’t mean I want to go to war with France.
    I must have missed Edwards 9 to 110.
    It's binary.  He meant Edward 7th.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    Gribbo said:
    seth plum said:
    The good old nature verses nurture programme.
    I understand I am partially descended from King Edward 111 but that doesn’t mean I want to go to war with France.
    And I'm no relation whatsoever to Edward the 3rd, and I'm convinced we should
    If you’re of mostly British descent then it’s more likely you’re descended from royalty than not.

    https://www.waterstones.com/blog/family-fortunes-adam-rutherford-on-how-were-all-related-to-royalty

    Take your family tree back far enough and you’ll eventually get to a period in history where you had more ancestors than people alive at the time, which is explained by cousin marriages. It’s said that 80% of all marriages are between second cousins or closer.

    https://www.theifod.com/pedigree-collapse/
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,257
    Aren't we all related to serial shagger Ghengis Khan of you go back far enough?
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,103
    Derek1952 said:
    Watched W D Y T Y A. last evening with Matt Lucas,the first twenty minutes was not very keen on.But the last half hour was very interesting about his family being linked with Anne Frank(just ordered her book).
    I have always found that part of History interesting.I have read a trilogy of books about Hitler;s rise to Fuhrer.
    When I read the title, I thought this was going to be a Spice Girls thread
  • Siv_in_Norfolk
    Siv_in_Norfolk Posts: 4,057
    Scoham said:
    Gribbo said:
    seth plum said:
    The good old nature verses nurture programme.
    I understand I am partially descended from King Edward 111 but that doesn’t mean I want to go to war with France.
    And I'm no relation whatsoever to Edward the 3rd, and I'm convinced we should
    If you’re of mostly British descent then it’s more likely you’re descended from royalty than not.

    https://www.waterstones.com/blog/family-fortunes-adam-rutherford-on-how-were-all-related-to-royalty

    Take your family tree back far enough and you’ll eventually get to a period in history where you had more ancestors than people alive at the time, which is explained by cousin marriages. It’s said that 80% of all marriages are between second cousins or closer.

    https://www.theifod.com/pedigree-collapse/
    What a great argument for intercultural/racial mixing!


  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    addick1956 said:
    seth plum said:
    The good old nature verses nurture programme.
    I understand I am partially descended from King Edward 111 but that doesn’t mean I want to go to war with France.
    King Edward III surely. 
    I have done further research and it turns out I am descended from a potato 🥔 
  • 3G
    3G Posts: 729
    What's people's experience with trying to learn about your family heritage? Is there a website that you recommend/avoid at all costs? 
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  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,738
    I wonder what the hit / shit ratio is when the BBC start looking at these ‘celebrities’ and their ancestry. 

    If they looked at my background they could probably do the whole show using a Red Bus Rover ticket for their travel. 
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    maddferrett said:
    What's people's experience with trying to learn about your family heritage? Is there a website that you recommend/avoid at all costs? 
    Ancestry and Find My Past are both good starting points. Find My Past has the 1921 census, newspapers and a better search function. I like Ancestry for family tree building, it’s also good for finding relatives family trees  and can be linked to DNA tests.

    Important thing is to start at yourself and work backwards, verifying each link. Beware of online trees, while they may include scanned records not online and uploaded photos many aren’t accurate, they shouldn’t be used as reliable sources.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,219
    I signed up with Ancestry during lockdown and found a lot of new information and confirmed some oral family history 
  • Huskaris
    Huskaris Posts: 9,846
    Henry Irving said:
    I signed up with Ancestry during lockdown and found a lot of new information and confirmed some oral family history 
    Saving the anal family history for next lockdown? 
  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 5,906
    Henry Irving said:
    I signed up with Ancestry during lockdown and found a lot of new information and confirmed some oral family history 
    Dont worry about it mate we all have skeletons somewhere 😂
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,961
    I tried to trace my family tree only to discover that my father is my brother and my sister is my mother. I used Incestry.com.
  • Blackheathen
    Blackheathen Posts: 6,655
    seth plum said:
    addick1956 said:
    seth plum said:
    The good old nature verses nurture programme.
    I understand I am partially descended from King Edward 111 but that doesn’t mean I want to go to war with France.
    King Edward III surely. 
    I have done further research and it turns out I am descended from a potato 🥔 
    Hard boiled?
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,559
    Henry Irving said:
    I signed up with Ancestry during lockdown and found a lot of new information and confirmed some oral family history 
    Likewise. Used a free ancestry trial weekend to discover that my grandfather had in fact served on The Somme when my Dad had previously told me his father hadn't served in WW1. Transpires on the last Charlton Life trip to The Somme in 2018 we'd passed within two miles of the spot where my grandfather had been injured. I'm planning to return soon to see where it was.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Blackheathen said:
    seth plum said:
    addick1956 said:
    seth plum said:
    The good old nature verses nurture programme.
    I understand I am partially descended from King Edward 111 but that doesn’t mean I want to go to war with France.
    King Edward III surely. 
    I have done further research and it turns out I am descended from a potato 🥔 
    Hard boiled?
    Potato not egg.
  • LennyLowrent
    LennyLowrent Posts: 2,705
    sam3110 said:
    Aren't we all related to serial shagger Ghengis Khan of you go back far enough?
    Painful old Ghengis, he use to go back far...
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  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,168
    North Lower Neil said:
    seth plum said:
    The good old nature verses nurture programme.
    I understand I am partially descended from King Edward 111 but that doesn’t mean I want to go to war with France.
    I must have missed Edwards 9 to 110.
    This dynasty has nothing on the House of Sausagedog. 

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