OT Geneology - and I'm Part Celestial!
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Desdichado
Hero
You're kidding me, right? You mean Julius Caesar is not the literal descendent of the goddess Venus?johnsemlak said:
Anyway, my family is fairly boring -- we were apparently descended from folks who showed up Georgia when it was a penal colony. We haven't enquired much into them. Although some folks in the family claim that our last name comes from the first sherriff of Oxford (a minor noble) and others a chief advisor of Charlamagne, others of us take these claims with a grain of salt.
My wife, on the other hand, is a direct descendent of Betsy Ross, and about half the kings of Europe starting in the 1200s or so.
WayneLigon
Adventurer
For ancestors sparking adventure ideas: my easliest known ancestors were a group of Scottish highwaymen (and lady followers) who escaped to America just minutes ahead of the authorities, robbed everyone they met, and eventually settled way back in what would one day be the Kentucky hills.
Desdichado
Hero
Look, no offense to your ancestors, or anything, but that's certainly a debatable claim! Most historians I've read give that honor to Brian Borru.Sixchan said:
Viktyr Gehrig
First Post
I guess this is somewhat odd, but I don't have the slightest difficulty believing that Julius Caesar is the direct blood descendant of the Greek goddess, Venus.
My faith tells me that every person of any Germanic descent is of direct blood relation to the Aesir and Vanir-- and that's a lot more people than any White Supremacist group will ever admit to, with migration patterns, trade, and people going a-Viking.
Most pantheistic faiths give the race of humanity descent from their gods, and in many cases, a closer, more direct bloodline, when the gods get frisky. In particular, I know the Greek and Japanese old faiths believed in divine lineage.
Given those tendencies, I suspect that far, far more people on this planet have some form of divine lineage than anyone would believe.
On a more mundane note, I'm the fourth or fifth cousin of New York Yankee Lou Gehrig, and roughly eighth- or ninth-removed grandnephew of the fourteenth American President, Franklin Pierce.
My faith tells me that every person of any Germanic descent is of direct blood relation to the Aesir and Vanir-- and that's a lot more people than any White Supremacist group will ever admit to, with migration patterns, trade, and people going a-Viking.
Most pantheistic faiths give the race of humanity descent from their gods, and in many cases, a closer, more direct bloodline, when the gods get frisky. In particular, I know the Greek and Japanese old faiths believed in divine lineage.
Given those tendencies, I suspect that far, far more people on this planet have some form of divine lineage than anyone would believe.
On a more mundane note, I'm the fourth or fifth cousin of New York Yankee Lou Gehrig, and roughly eighth- or ninth-removed grandnephew of the fourteenth American President, Franklin Pierce.
Airwolf
First Post
Well, I can't claim anything from my family. I can only trace my history back to the time when my great grand parents entered the country around 1910.
On the other hand my wife has a family tree that dates back to 850 AD. She is a descendant of a Viking King.
I guess you could say I married into royalty.
On the other hand my wife has a family tree that dates back to 850 AD. She is a descendant of a Viking King.
I guess you could say I married into royalty.
Arken
Explorer
Tonguez said:
That's similar to me in quite a few ways
. Though I haven't looked it p recently and I haven't given much time to studying the family tree I know that someone did all the research and I go back eventually to some of the Gods of the Philippines. I'll have to do more research into that...A bit closer to home...My grandfather was the general secretary of CND in Britain.
My grandfather (on the other side) was an extensive landowner in the philippines but lost the family fortune (alas).
