We're All Royalty!

Matterhorn Fan · 07-02-2006, 05:22 PM

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Even without a documented connection to a notable forebear, experts say the odds are virtually 100 percent that every person on Earth is descended from one royal personage or another.

"Millions of people have provable descents from medieval monarchs," said Mark Humphrys, a genealogy enthusiast and professor of computer science at Dublin City University in Ireland. "The number of people with unprovable descents must be massive."

wendybeth · 07-02-2006, 05:25 PM

Bow down to me, peasants!!!!

Cadaverous Pallor · 07-02-2006, 07:15 PM

Everyone is powerful - no one is powerful. Quite the social commentary, that.

Ghoulish Delight · 07-02-2006, 10:53 PM

Wait, so Paul really is the king of big screens?

Gemini Cricket · 07-03-2006, 05:57 AM

My step grandmother once told me that the Hawaiian blood we have is from the bloodline of Queen Lili'uokalani.

I'm sure that that, like a lot of verbal history in my family, is a load of bullsh!t.

scaeagles · 07-03-2006, 07:21 AM

Now I can feel better about making my wife and children bow down to me daily....I really am worthy!

Gemini Cricket · 07-03-2006, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

Now I can feel better about making my wife and children bow down to me daily....I really am worthy!

If you look closely, they're bowing because they're puking.

sleepyjeff · 07-03-2006, 07:14 PM

Yep. I posted this on Mouseplanet a long time ago

Do you ever wonder if you have noble ancestry? Most probably, you do. Here's why:

You have 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great-grandparents, and so on. For every generation that you go back, you double the number of ancestors that you have (there are exceptions to this rule, but that comes later). Now, most genealogists assume that a generation is about 30 years; that is, on the average, your parents were born 30 years before you...... So, if you were born in 2000, then you had 8 ancestors born around 1900. Each century you go back in time, you multiply your number of ancestors by 8. That means, that you had 64 in 1800, 512 in 1700, and so on. If you work your way back to the year 1200, you had over 16 million ancestors!

http://www.elvidge.com/Genealogy/essay1.htm

RStar · 07-04-2006, 07:56 AM

My mom's maiden name is Scarborough. She is thought to be a descendant from King Scarborough of Scarborough England (and 'Scarborough Faire' fame, an song that was around hundreds of years before Simon & Garfunkle).

The story goes that when King Scarborough died, the older son took the throne, and his younger two brothers thought they could get away with murder, so the older brother, and new king, kicked them out of the England to the New World (America) and here we are. Of course there is no physical evidence for this, so who knows.

~Bob

SzczerbiakManiac · 07-05-2006, 12:52 PM

Some of us are queens, does mean we're "royalty" or just a royal pain?

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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	My step grandmother once told me that the Hawaiian blood we have is from the bloodline of Queen Lili'uokalani. I'm sure that that, like a lot of verbal history in my family, is a load of bullsh!t.
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Now I can feel better about making my wife and children bow down to me daily....I really am worthy!
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sleepyjeff Go Hawks Go! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parkrose Posts: 2,632	Yep. I posted this on Mouseplanet a long time ago Do you ever wonder if you have noble ancestry? Most probably, you do. Here's why: You have 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great-grandparents, and so on. For every generation that you go back, you double the number of ancestors that you have (there are exceptions to this rule, but that comes later). Now, most genealogists assume that a generation is about 30 years; that is, on the average, your parents were born 30 years before you...... So, if you were born in 2000, then you had 8 ancestors born around 1900. Each century you go back in time, you multiply your number of ancestors by 8. That means, that you had 64 in 1800, 512 in 1700, and so on. If you work your way back to the year 1200, you had over 16 million ancestors! http://www.elvidge.com/Genealogy/essay1.htm __________________ River Guardian-less
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RStar Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Me & Manyard hangin out! Posts: 5,433	My mom's maiden name is Scarborough. She is thought to be a descendant from King Scarborough of Scarborough England (and 'Scarborough Faire' fame, an song that was around hundreds of years before Simon & Garfunkle). The story goes that when King Scarborough died, the older son took the throne, and his younger two brothers thought they could get away with murder, so the older brother, and new king, kicked them out of the England to the New World (America) and here we are. Of course there is no physical evidence for this, so who knows. ~Bob __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup! www.StarTownGifts.com
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SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	Some of us are queens, does mean we're "royalty" or just a royal pain? __________________
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