Dear List I suppose that the dearth of traffic on genealogical websites is due to the seasonal weather and the excitement at the Royal birth. The Guardian claims that William and Kate's son is the 41st in direct line of descent from Egbert, King of Wessex, who ruled from 802 to 839. I wondered if any of our expert genealogists could give him a more ancient forebear from a Welsh (or Scottish or Irish) royal line? Anna