-----Original Message----- From: Doug Dobbs <dougdobbs@nfis.com> To: Carleene Hubbard <SHUBBARD@NBN.NET> Date: Thursday, December 10, 1998 12:02 PM Subject: From my Davenport Gen list, thought you'd enjoy this. > >> >> My Family Tree >> >> I started out calmly tracing my tree, >> to find if I could, the making of me, >> and all that I had was a great grandfather's name, >> not knowing his wife or from whence he came. >> >> I chased him across a long line of states >> and came up with pages and pages of dates. >> When all put together, it made me forlorn, >> I proved that poor grandpa had never been born. >> >> One day I was sure the truth I had found. >> Determined to turn this whole thing upside down. >> I looked up the record of one uncle John, >> but then found the old man was younger than his son. >> >> Then when my hopes were fast growing dim, >> I came across records that must have been him. >> The facts I collected made me quite sad. >> Dear old grandfather was never a dad. >> >> I think maybe someone is pulling my leg. >> I'm not at all sure I wasn't hatched from an egg. >> After hundreds of dollars I've spent on my tree, >> I can't help wonder if I'm really me. >> >> -Anonymous >> >> >