by deebeth89 » Mon May 14, 2012 6:57 pm
My mom has taken up genealogy after my aunt who was into it died & left her at least some of the family lineage papers, so every now & then she'll share tidbits about who she's discovered we're related to now, last time it was a 10th century French princess who became a saint & today it was the guy who founded Rhode Island. Good thing she's keeping track of all this. The real shocker in our supposedly pure Irish English line was the 1st slave ever freed in the US, my at least twice great grandmother had a biracial heritage. I doubt she knew though, the funny thing is she married the guy who is related to George Washington, Robert E Lee & Merriwether Lewis AND the current Queen of England. Fun stuff.