>From Missing Links, Rootsweb Review, [In ML 6:6, New Zealand's Anna Kerr started things off with: Oh what a tangled web we weave, when we first marry and conceive. Readers thus inspired responded as follows. Eds.] Oh, much greater still the fright If first we fail our troth to plight. David Leggett David.Leggett@fns.usda.gov And knottier still the twisted thread If we conceive and never wed. Oscar Turnill, Twickenham, England oscar@turnill.freeserve.co.uk But when conceived and never married, Turns out "Gramps" is Uncle Harry. Great-grandma Maggie lived on boats, But made a fortune raising goats. Grandma Kate married Ed; His brother, Joe, shared her bed. Dad thought his "real name" was Lowry, but it turns out he's half Maori. Mom would roll over in her grave if she knew about Uncle Dave. The family's history got so wild I can't explain it to my child! (With apologizes to my ancestors for poking fun at them.) Annie, San Francisco, California, USA amp@transbay.net * * * * * HUMOR. Thanks to Bruce Gamble brgamble@voyager.co.nz , who writes from New Zealand, "Here's a bit of doggerel, apropos of our interest, that my grandmother used to recite." It wasn't the cough that carried him off, it was the coffin they carried him off in. * * * * * >From Missing Links Rootsweb Review Vol. 6, #7. Jean in Nova Scotia jphwhite@ns.sympatico.ca --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.230 / Virus Database: 111 - Release Date: 1/25/01