>Found this some time ago on another list and want to share it with y'all. > >Sara >Plano, Texas > > >Ain't this the truth !! >I started out calmly, tracing my tree, >To find if I could find the makings of me. >And all that I had was Great-grandfather's name, >not knowing his wife or from where 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, >Proved poor Great-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 I found the old man to be 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 Great grandfather was never a Dad. >I think someone is pulling my leg, >I am 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 but wonder if I'm really me.. > >