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Ancestry/Genealogy

kdmorris

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1. Been there, done that.

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Fri Jul 18, 2014, 07:21 AM

Jul 2014

I usually just go with "this is just a basis to start possibly filling in some holes". Some of them I've had to trash altogether.

My most awesome encounter was with a cousin of my grandmother who INSISTED that one of my ancestors was the son of a man who was 11 years older than he. I was like "no way" and she said "they had children younger back then" (in 1840).

I don't care what age it was. It is EXTREMELY RARE for anyone to have a child at 11 years old.

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Ahhhh I'm losing my mind! [View all] grasswire Jul 2014 OP

Been there, done that. kdmorris Jul 2014 #1

the most significant thing that hit me... grasswire Jul 2014 #2

Unfortunately, we still see too many assuptions/mistakes made today, No Vested Interest Jul 2014 #3

bahahahaha!!!! pipi_k Jul 2014 #4

Yep!!! pipi_k Jul 2014 #5

I have been trying for months to get my brother and several male cousins.. grasswire Jul 2014 #6