It's great. Keep them all together, they're easier to find. ----- Original Message ----- From: "KHarrison" <harris@livingonline.com> To: <SHAMROCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 5:57 PM Subject: [SH] Genealogy humor > > Subject: Family Tree > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My wife is now my mother's mother > > > > > > > > And it makes me blue. > > > > > > > > Because, although she is my wife, > > > > > > > > She is my grandma 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. > > > > ==== SHAMROCK Mailing List ==== > ** Remember! No flames, chain > letters, virus warnings or other off > topic posts should be sent to the > SHAMROCK list ** >