This was submitted to our upcoming book, Chicken Soup for the Celtic Soul. I wanted to share this with the list. Enjoy! Le gach deagh dhurachd, Michael MacFarlane, Executive Vice President Clan MacFarlane Society, Inc. http://www.macfarlane.org michael@macfarlane.org Be sure to visit the website for the upcoming book: "Chicken soup for the Celtic Soul" http://www.celticsoul.com If you could see your ancestors- All Standing in a row, Would you be proud of them- Or don’t you reallly know? Strange discoveries are sometimes made In climbing the family tree, Occasionally one is found in line Who shocks his progeny! If you could see your ancestors All standing in a row Perhaps there might be one or two You wouldn’t want to know! Now turn the question right about And take another view, When you shall meet your ancestors- WILL THEY BE PROUD OF YOU? previously published in 1971 in a book called, "Bates-Gash History" by Lily Hazel Bates, about my Bates Family Ancestors in America. The author of this poem is unknown. Submitted by Larry Fry-Bates of Clan MacFarlane