Hi guys! A friend of mine forwarded this to me, and, as dizzy as I'm getting from entering all this family history stuff, I thought it was pretty funny...let me know what you think. >> >Subj: Southern Poetry >> > >> >Redneck Family Tree (Mississippi Style) >> > >> >Many many years ago >> >when I was twenty three, >> >I got married to a widow >> >who was pretty as could be. >> >This widow had a grown-up daughter >> >Who had hair of red. >> >My father fell in love with her, >> >And soon the two were wed. >> >This made my dad my son-in-law >> >And changed my very life. >> >My daughter was my mother, >> >For she was my father's wife. >> >To complicate the matters worse, >> >Although it brought me joy, >> >I soon became the father >> >Of a bouncing baby boy. >> >My little baby then became >> >A brother-in-law to dad. >> >And so became my uncle, >> >Though it made me very sad. >> >For if he was my uncle, >> >Then that also made him brother >> >To the widow's grown-up daughter >> >Who, of course, was my step-mother. >> >Father's wife then had a son, >> >who kept them on the run. >> >And he became my grandson, >> >For he was my daughter's son. >> >wife is now my mother's mother >> >And it makes me blue. >> >Because, although she is my wife, >> >She's my grandmother too. >> >If my wife is my grandmother, >> >Then I am her grandchild. >> >And every time I think of it, >> >It simply drives me wild. >> >For now I have become >> >The strangest case you ever saw. >> >As the husband of my grandmother, >> >I am my own grandpa! Kevin K. Stephenson 1600 Kentucky St. #2 Lawrence, Kansas 66044 (785)865-1586 Fax/Data: (785)865-2555 e-mail: [email protected] website: http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~kevin2/homepage.html