Lady Belle & Lady Barbara, Your ladyship's participation is greatly appreciated. Best, Kevin "Belle Shepherd" <belleshep@cox.net> To: PLANTAGENET-DESCENDANTS-PROJECT-L@rootsweb.com cc: 04/30/2004 02:44 PM Subject: Re: [PDP] Ancestors of our ancestors Please respond to PLANTAGENET-DESCENDANT S-PROJECT-L Great comment. I appreciate your sense of humor. Lady Belle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara" <ladybbug@earthlink.net> To: <PLANTAGENET-DESCENDANTS-PROJECT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 10:26 AM Subject: RE: [PDP] Ancestors of our ancestors > Of course, whatever one's genealogical chart might show of our > "contemporaneously documented Plantagenet ancestors", notwithstanding > "Modern standards of proof" there is always the distinct possibility that > one or two out of those many generations of offspring was not - shall I > delicately say - strictly from the demonstrated marital alliance - human > nature being what it is. In actuality, if DNA were available from some of > these guys, we might find we are all descended from the gardener and not the > kings at all. > In fact, there IS no ABSOLUTE proof of our ancestry. It's ALL supposition. > I just like the thought of having a king, a notably romantic part of world > history, for a grampa. And mowing the weeds in my yard in my tiara from time > to time has earned me a certain status, if you will, in my neighborhood. > I prefer to think our real inheritance from our forebears is attitudinal and > cultural. (And, when there's an ancestor who particularly embarrasses me I > can always claim illegitimacy in my mind.) > It's nice I have such nice smart cousins on this list who are so > genealogically generous. > Love, > "Lady Barbara" > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.