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A friend of mine is into the genealogy gig big time - spends hours and hours searching through archives for "stuff" about the past. He gave me about 2" of paper on my genealogy. I didn't have the heart to tell him that I really don't give a rat's big back side about who messed around with who two or three hundred years ago! I mean, who really cares? Guess some do, because there are a lot of people spending a lot of time looking for clues about how they got here....

Originally Posted by rspears

A friend of mine is into the genealogy gig big time - spends hours and hours searching through archives for "stuff" about the past. He gave me about 2" of paper on my genealogy. I didn't have the heart to tell him that I really don't give a rat's big back side about who messed around with who two or three hundred years ago! I mean, who really cares? Guess some do, because there are a lot of people spending a lot of time looking for clues about how they got here....

i dont have any of that misplaced pride some have when great granappy so-and-so fought gen lee etc
but i do think it was a very thoughtful gift.
and it is interesting.