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There are some interesting things in both my wife's and my families.
Jonas Myers, who was murdered by Union soldiers *after* he had
surrendered was Betsy's great-great-great grandfather. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5896272/jonas-myers
We watched the eclipse from that cemetery last year.
On 9/29/2025 8:44 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
There are some interesting things in both my wife's and my families.
Jonas Myers, who was murdered by Union soldiers *after* he had
surrendered was Betsy's great-great-great grandfather.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5896272/jonas-myers
We watched the eclipse from that cemetery last year.
My father digs deep into genealogy.-a I haven't dug into it much, but I remember having a history teacher who was impressed when I told him that
I was related to Christopher Columbus, second cousin however many times removed, I don't remember.
On 2025-10-08 2:00 p.m., Michael Trew wrote:
On 9/29/2025 8:44 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
There are some interesting things in both my wife's and my families.
Jonas Myers, who was murdered by Union soldiers *after* he had
surrendered was Betsy's great-great-great grandfather.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5896272/jonas-myers
We watched the eclipse from that cemetery last year.
My father digs deep into genealogy.-a I haven't dug into it much, but
I remember having a history teacher who was impressed when I told him
that I was related to Christopher Columbus, second cousin however many
times removed, I don't remember.
I recently ordered a DNA kit and got two months free with Ancestry.a I haven't had much time to explore it but figured it would be a good rainy
day activity. I already had my mother's family's information tracing a
6x great grandfather back to Germany in 1759 anda French Canadians back
toa the late 1600s.
On 2025-10-08 2:00 p.m., Michael Trew wrote:
On 9/29/2025 8:44 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
There are some interesting things in both my wife's and my families.
Jonas Myers, who was murdered by Union soldiers *after* he had
surrendered was Betsy's great-great-great grandfather.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5896272/jonas-myers
We watched the eclipse from that cemetery last year.
My father digs deep into genealogy.-a I haven't dug into it much, but I
remember having a history teacher who was impressed when I told him
that I was related to Christopher Columbus, second cousin however many
times removed, I don't remember.
I recently ordered a DNA kit and got two months free with Ancestry.-a I haven't had much time to explore it but figured it would be a good rainy
day activity. I already had my mother's family's information tracing a
6x great grandfather back to Germany in 1759 and-a French Canadians back to-a the late 1600s.
On 10/8/2025 2:39 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
I recently ordered a DNA kit and got two months free with Ancestry.-a IIf you find you're not using that "free" membership within 2 months, remember to cancel it or they'll start dinging your credit card.
haven't had much time to explore it but figured it would be a good
rainy day activity. I already had my mother's family's information
tracing a 6x great grandfather back to Germany in 1759 and-a French
Canadians back to-a the late 1600s.
On 2025-10-08 2:00 p.m., Michael Trew wrote:
My father digs deep into genealogy.-a I haven't dug into it much, but I
remember having a history teacher who was impressed when I told him
that I was related to Christopher Columbus, second cousin however many
times removed, I don't remember.
I recently ordered a DNA kit and got two months free with Ancestry.-a I haven't had much time to explore it but figured it would be a good rainy
day activity. I already had my mother's family's information tracing a
6x great grandfather back to Germany in 1759 and-a French Canadians back to-a the late 1600s.
On 10/8/2025 2:39 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
I recently ordered a DNA kit and got two months free with Ancestry.-a I
haven't had much time to explore it but figured it would be a good rainy
day activity. I already had my mother's family's information tracing a
6x great grandfather back to Germany in 1759 and-a French Canadians back
to-a the late 1600s.
My father did most of his research the old-fashioned way, but recently,
he ordered one of those Ancestry DNA kits. Basically, it told him that
he's almost entirely European.
Myself, I'm against the idea, because who knows what they'll do with
your health information after you give them your DNA. It's been
speculated, in the future, that they can use this data against you, sell
it to heath insurance companies, etc. I guess that's less of a concern
for Canadians, though.
On Thu, 9 Oct 2025 18:49:37 -0400, Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net>
wrote:
On 10/8/2025 2:39 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
I recently ordered a DNA kit and got two months free with Ancestry.-a I >>> haven't had much time to explore it but figured it would be a good rainy >>> day activity. I already had my mother's family's information tracing a
6x great grandfather back to Germany in 1759 and-a French Canadians back >>> to-a the late 1600s.
My father did most of his research the old-fashioned way, but recently,
he ordered one of those Ancestry DNA kits. Basically, it told him that >>he's almost entirely European.
Aren't all white Americans? What other options are there?
On 2025-10-09, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, 9 Oct 2025 18:49:37 -0400, Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net>
wrote:
On 10/8/2025 2:39 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
I recently ordered a DNA kit and got two months free with Ancestry.-a I >>>> haven't had much time to explore it but figured it would be a good rainy >>>> day activity. I already had my mother's family's information tracing a >>>> 6x great grandfather back to Germany in 1759 and-a French Canadians back >>>> to-a the late 1600s.
My father did most of his research the old-fashioned way, but recently, >>>he ordered one of those Ancestry DNA kits. Basically, it told him that >>>he's almost entirely European.
Aren't all white Americans? What other options are there?
Quite often, there's an African in there someplace. Or an
American Indian. Or a little Asian DNA courtesy of Ghengis
Khan's little escapades.
On 10/8/2025 2:39 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-10-08 2:00 p.m., Michael Trew wrote:
My father digs deep into genealogy.-a I haven't dug into it much, but I >> remember having a history teacher who was impressed when I told him
that I was related to Christopher Columbus, second cousin however many
times removed, I don't remember.
I recently ordered a DNA kit and got two months free with Ancestry.-a I haven't had much time to explore it but figured it would be a good rainy day activity. I already had my mother's family's information tracing a
6x great grandfather back to Germany in 1759 and-a French Canadians back to-a the late 1600s.
My father did most of his research the old-fashioned way, but recently,
he ordered one of those Ancestry DNA kits. Basically, it told him that
he's almost entirely European.
Myself, I'm against the idea, because who knows what they'll do with
your health information after you give them your DNA. It's been
speculated, in the future, that they can use this data against you, sell
it to heath insurance companies, etc. I guess that's less of a concern
for Canadians, though.
Myself, I'm against the idea, because who knows what they'll do with
your health information after you give them your DNA. It's been
speculated, in the future, that they can use this data against you, sell
it to heath insurance companies, etc. I guess that's less of a concern
for Canadians, though.
On 2025-10-09, Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> wrote:
Myself, I'm against the idea, because who knows what they'll do with
your health information after you give them your DNA. It's been speculated, in the future, that they can use this data against you, sell it to heath insurance companies, etc. I guess that's less of a concern for Canadians, though.
You can get a lot of old criminal cases solved if there are criminals in
your family tree, and there always are. Forensic genetic genealogy has
become a real thing.
Then again, you're snitching on your family tree without realizing it.
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
On 2025-10-09, Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> wrote:
I guess that's less of a concern for Canadians, though
You can get a lot of old criminal cases solved [...]
Then again, you're snitching on your family tree
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
There are several cases of people finding half-siblings.
Especially that town where dozens of fertility clinic
clients were serviced by the chief doctor, who was
later nick-named 'The Sperminator'.
On 2025-10-11 1:51 p.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
There are several cases of people finding half-siblings.
Especially that town where dozens of fertility clinic
clients were serviced by the chief doctor, who was
later nick-named 'The Sperminator'.
LOL thinking about an old friend (now deceased). It was no secret that
he was adopted. His adoptive parents later had two children so he had a brother and sister. He got into lots of mischief during his life. At one point he had his name changed (legally) and adopted the name of someone
who was supposed to have been the birth father. The alleged father was Jewish but I always thought my friend looked Italian, possibly Sicilian.
When his mother died I went to the visitation and saw the brother and
sister and was introduced to his older brother. It turned out that the
women we thought was the adoptive mother was his birth mother.
A few weeks later my friend called to tell me what he had learned after
his mother died. It turned out that his real father was in the mob, not
just a small time goon, but a rather infamous mob boss. It turned out my suspicions had been accurate. He was Sicilian.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
On 2025-10-11 1:51 p.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:
There are several cases of people finding half-siblings.
Especially that town where dozens of fertility clinic
clients were serviced by the chief doctor, who was
later nick-named 'The Sperminator'.
LOL thinking about an old friend (now deceased). It was no secret that
he was adopted. His adoptive parents later had two children so he had a
brother and sister. He got into lots of mischief during his life. At one
point he had his name changed (legally) and adopted the name of someone
who was supposed to have been the birth father. The alleged father was
Jewish but I always thought my friend looked Italian, possibly Sicilian.
When his mother died I went to the visitation and saw the brother and
sister and was introduced to his older brother. It turned out that the
women we thought was the adoptive mother was his birth mother.
A few weeks later my friend called to tell me what he had learned after
his mother died. It turned out that his real father was in the mob, not
just a small time goon, but a rather infamous mob boss. It turned out my
suspicions had been accurate. He was Sicilian.
My mother-in-law's funeral was quite enlightening. We got to meet her kids and
find out the true story about her escape from her Korean husband. My wife suspected that her step-mom had kids but didn't know a thing about them. I believe
she was still married to her 1st husband when she came over with her new American husband. It was startling to see her Korean son and daughter fall on the
ground and bury their face on their knees with their palms flat on the ground. My
guess is that Americans are physically able to assume that position.
It was at my step-mom's dad's funeral that she met her step-sister. That was kind
of a good thing because she had lost her sister to cancer a few years previously.
As it goes, my family's history is pretty straightforward and boring. Mostly, there's dust in our closet, not skeletons.
My guess is that Americans are physically
able to assume that position.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
LOL thinking about an old friend (now deceased). It was no secret that
he was adopted. His adoptive parents later had two children so he had a
brother and sister. He got into lots of mischief during his life. At one
point he had his name changed (legally) and adopted the name of someone
who was supposed to have been the birth father. The alleged father was
Jewish but I always thought my friend looked Italian, possibly Sicilian.
When his mother died I went to the visitation and saw the brother and
sister and was introduced to his older brother. It turned out that the
women we thought was the adoptive mother was his birth mother.
A few weeks later my friend called to tell me what he had learned after
his mother died. It turned out that his real father was in the mob, not
just a small time goon, but a rather infamous mob boss. It turned out my
suspicions had been accurate. He was Sicilian.
My mother-in-law's funeral was quite enlightening. We got to meet her kids and >find out the true story about her escape from her Korean husband. My wife >suspected that her step-mom had kids but didn't know a thing about them. I believe
she was still married to her 1st husband when she came over with her new >American husband. It was startling to see her Korean son and daughter fall on the
ground and bury their face on their knees with their palms flat on the ground. My
guess is that Americans are physically able to assume that position.
On 2025-10-11, dsi1 wrote:
My guess is that Americans are physically
able to assume that position.
David. Since you are American wouldn't
it be easy for you to attempt it?
If you stop posting here, I'll follow-up to 911
at the email-SMS gateway.
On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 18:58:36 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:
LOL thinking about an old friend (now deceased). It was no secret that
he was adopted. His adoptive parents later had two children so he had a
brother and sister. He got into lots of mischief during his life. At one >>> point he had his name changed (legally) and adopted the name of someone
who was supposed to have been the birth father. The alleged father was >>> Jewish but I always thought my friend looked Italian, possibly Sicilian. >>>
When his mother died I went to the visitation and saw the brother and
sister and was introduced to his older brother. It turned out that the
women we thought was the adoptive mother was his birth mother.
A few weeks later my friend called to tell me what he had learned after
his mother died. It turned out that his real father was in the mob, not
just a small time goon, but a rather infamous mob boss. It turned out my >>> suspicions had been accurate. He was Sicilian.
My mother-in-law's funeral was quite enlightening. We got to meet her kids and
find out the true story about her escape from her Korean husband. My wife
suspected that her step-mom had kids but didn't know a thing about them. I believe
she was still married to her 1st husband when she came over with her new
American husband. It was startling to see her Korean son and daughter fall on the
ground and bury their face on their knees with their palms flat on the ground. My
guess is that Americans are physically able to assume that position.
If I understand correctly from years of RFC posts, Americans will
mainly be looking for a good free feed!
On 2025-10-11, dsi1 wrote:
My guess is that Americans are physically
able to assume that position.
David. Since you are American wouldn't
it be easy for you to attempt it?
If you stop posting here, I'll follow-up to 911
at the email-SMS gateway.
Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> posted:
On 2025-10-11, dsi1 wrote:
My guess is that Americans are physically
able to assume that position.
David. Since you are American wouldn't
it be easy for you to attempt it?
If you stop posting here, I'll follow-up to 911
at the email-SMS gateway.
That was a typo. It should have said that Americans wouldn't be able to assume
that position - unless they were into yoga, maybe. Of course, you already knew
that. Okay I'll stop posting here.
