> "I CLIMBED MY FAMILY TREE" > > I climbed my family tree and found it wasn't worth > the climb, > So I scrambled down convinced it was a waste of > time. > Some branches of my tree I found were rotten to the > core > And all the tree was full of sap and hung with nuts > galore. > > I use to BRAG of my kinfolk before I made the climb, > But truth compels me not to tell of those not worth > a dime. > And beg my friends who boast aloud of their > ancestors great, > To climb their family tree and learn of those who > weren't so straight! > > I learned what family trees are like and then I > wrote it down, > Perhaps the very best of us are already underground. > > (Author Unknown)