I hope this isn't out of line, but thought you might enjoy it.... 1. You are the only person to show up at the cemetery research party with > a > > shovel. > > > > 2. To put the "final touches" on your genealogical research, you've asked > all of > > your closest relatives to provide DNA samples. > > > > 3. Your house leans slightly toward the side where your genealogical > records are > > stored. > > > > 4. You decided to take a two-week break from genealogy, and the U.S. > Postal > > Office immediately laid off 1,500 employees. > > > > 5. Out of respect for your best friend's unquestioned reputation for > honesty and > > integrity, you are willing to turn off that noisy surveillance camera > while she > > reviews your 57 genealogical research notebooks in your home. The armed > security > > guard, however, will remain. > > > > 6. You plod merrily along "refining" your recently published family > history, > > blissfully unaware that the number of errata pages now far exceeds the > number of > > pages in your original publication. > > > > 7. During an ice storm and power outage, you ignore the pleas of your > shivering > > spouse and place your last quilt around that 1886 photograph of dear Uncle > > George. > > > > 8. The most recent document in your "Missing Ancestors" file is a 36 page > > contract between you and Johnson Billboard Advertising Company. > > > > 9. Ed McMahon, several TV cameras and an envelope from Publishers Clearing > House > > arrive at your front door on Super Bowl Sunday, and the first thing you > say is, > > "Are you related to the McMahon's of Ohio?" > > > > 10. "A Loving Family" and "Financial Security" have moved up to second and > > third, respectively, on your list of life's goals, but still lag far > behind > > "Owning My Own Microfilm Reader." > > > > 11. A magical genie appears and agrees to grant your any one wish, and you > ask > > that the 1890 census be restored.