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<blockquote data-quote="green slime" data-source="post: 2969355" data-attributes="member: 1325"><p>That has always been a problem.</p><p></p><p>It was probably what drove men to marry women, and keep them shut up in a house. That way, they could at least pretend (saving face) that they were the fathers... Which was important in patriachial societies, where you have ownership of land (not really a problem in a hunter/gatherer society). I read on the BBC news site, that apparently some 5-7% of children were not related to the person they thought was their father...</p><p></p><p>Found one of the articles:</p><p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3023513.stm" target="_blank">BBC News link</a> </p><p></p><p>Chuck that 5% in over a few generations, and it strikes me that all this geneology craze seems like it may well be a good way to waste an incredible lot of time.</p><p></p><p>So those people pretending to be my ancestors in the 17th century (1600-1650, ten generations ago), only really have a 59.87% chance of actually being who they are say they are. Nevermind the poor sod who actually traced the ancestry back to 1080: 27.74% chance of actually correctly identifying that ancestor. Who can I sue?</p><p></p><p>Why do we seem to assume that people were less promiscuous in the old days, and that what was written in the old church books was true? I know from personal experience in small communities that there are all sorts of unspoken "truths" lying buried in people's closets, and all of the scandals die as the elder generation passes away. Unless of course you are someone really important, then it is just knowledge in the public domain. </p><p></p><p>Which is why ancient Egyptians traced line through the mother (it is the only thing you can be reasonably certain about, but that was falsified on occasion as well).</p><p></p><p>Back to the question at hand: it strikes me that this might well be left alone as one of the great mysteries/uncertainies facing people in life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="green slime, post: 2969355, member: 1325"] That has always been a problem. It was probably what drove men to marry women, and keep them shut up in a house. That way, they could at least pretend (saving face) that they were the fathers... Which was important in patriachial societies, where you have ownership of land (not really a problem in a hunter/gatherer society). I read on the BBC news site, that apparently some 5-7% of children were not related to the person they thought was their father... Found one of the articles: [URL=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3023513.stm]BBC News link[/URL] Chuck that 5% in over a few generations, and it strikes me that all this geneology craze seems like it may well be a good way to waste an incredible lot of time. So those people pretending to be my ancestors in the 17th century (1600-1650, ten generations ago), only really have a 59.87% chance of actually being who they are say they are. Nevermind the poor sod who actually traced the ancestry back to 1080: 27.74% chance of actually correctly identifying that ancestor. Who can I sue? Why do we seem to assume that people were less promiscuous in the old days, and that what was written in the old church books was true? I know from personal experience in small communities that there are all sorts of unspoken "truths" lying buried in people's closets, and all of the scandals die as the elder generation passes away. Unless of course you are someone really important, then it is just knowledge in the public domain. Which is why ancient Egyptians traced line through the mother (it is the only thing you can be reasonably certain about, but that was falsified on occasion as well). Back to the question at hand: it strikes me that this might well be left alone as one of the great mysteries/uncertainies facing people in life. [/QUOTE]
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