• Question: Whats the most coolest thing in your family tree history?

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      Asked by ALOrona to John, Laura, Luke, Rob, Ruth on 17 Jun 2016.
      • Photo: Laura Finney

        Laura Finney answered on 17 Jun 2016:

        I think I have quite a boring family to be honest. I guess the most impressive was that my great grandpa was given an honourary degree from Oxford University!

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        Ruth Patchett answered on 17 Jun 2016:

        I haven’t looked into my family tree much to be honest. One of my far back relatives was born in a poorhouse, worked their way out but by the end of their life ended up back in the poor house which is pretty rubbish! I am much more interested in my living family though than members from so far back.

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        Luke Williams answered on 19 Jun 2016:

        From the little I recall when my grandmother took an interest in the family tree, she traced six generations back all to the city of Bristol. Approximately 1900 some emigrated to the USA and to Australia, which means that I could have long lost cousins of some degree or another all around the world.

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        John Fossey answered on 20 Jun 2016:

        Great question
        I don’t know if it is “cool” but my family discovered criminal activity, someone jailed for selling substandard butter. Also that a believed lineage must be wrong due to mismatch of birth and death certificates (ie impossibly long pregnancy).

        I think the most “cool” thin about all our family trees is we all go back to Mitocondrial Eve

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve

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