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burntcopperApparently I'm vaguely related to my boss.
Discussing a problem with submission system and middle names/extended surnames, and he kept saying 'so if I put ___ Drake ___, it would come up as'
Me : Your middle name is Drake? Seriously? Well, I can't talk, I've got a surname as one of mine.
Him : Yeah, descended from Sir Francis Drake.
Me, on complete historical geek autopilot : No you're not, you're descended from his brother, Drake didn't have kids.
Him : Really?
Me : Yeah, my family's descended from him.
Him : So we're related. (with added evil grin)
Me : Augh! Tudor times! Tudor times! Faintest strand possible!
In other history news, got one over on my history geek dad. Oh yes. I can't remember what we were discussing, but i included 'yeah, and then there was the battle at Reading that Battle Inn and Hospital're named after'
Him : 'Presumably some Norman or Saxon-era skirmish.'
Me : 'Er, no, dad, civil war?'
Him : 'That can't be right.' (he's currently re-immersing himself in English and American Civil war)
Me : Something parliamentary. Don't ask me. I'm pretty sure the pub sign used to have Roundheads on it.
He later comes back somewhat shame-faced. oh yes.
Discussing a problem with submission system and middle names/extended surnames, and he kept saying 'so if I put ___ Drake ___, it would come up as'
Me : Your middle name is Drake? Seriously? Well, I can't talk, I've got a surname as one of mine.
Him : Yeah, descended from Sir Francis Drake.
Me, on complete historical geek autopilot : No you're not, you're descended from his brother, Drake didn't have kids.
Him : Really?
Me : Yeah, my family's descended from him.
Him : So we're related. (with added evil grin)
Me : Augh! Tudor times! Tudor times! Faintest strand possible!
In other history news, got one over on my history geek dad. Oh yes. I can't remember what we were discussing, but i included 'yeah, and then there was the battle at Reading that Battle Inn and Hospital're named after'
Him : 'Presumably some Norman or Saxon-era skirmish.'
Me : 'Er, no, dad, civil war?'
Him : 'That can't be right.' (he's currently re-immersing himself in English and American Civil war)
Me : Something parliamentary. Don't ask me. I'm pretty sure the pub sign used to have Roundheads on it.
He later comes back somewhat shame-faced. oh yes.
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Date: 2009-03-03 01:36 pm (UTC)Also, from Tudor times = lots of opportunities for babies born outside wedlock or to the 'wrong' father/mother [GG]. and even if the lines are provable all the way back, and you are related...you'd be about 20th cousins or something.
BTW, everyone with blue eyes = related to each other, no matter how distantly. Common ancestor 60,000 odd years ago. Genetic hiccup which stuck [increased fertility!].
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Date: 2009-03-03 01:44 pm (UTC)hence why I was 'distantly! doesn't count! LALALALA' when he made the comment.
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Date: 2009-03-03 04:10 pm (UTC)Civil War
Date: 2009-03-03 09:00 pm (UTC)