Who did you marry?

[snowman]

My question, who did you marry, is based on my own experience. What is truly amazing is WHO you married! The person I married was in a state several states removed from my own (NY vs MI), yet the person I married is somehow related to me in ways I had no way of knowing. I had no information in advance that this person was somehow involved with my family many generations before I met her. In fact some of the founding fathers of her community are also related to me. What is truly amazing is the close relationship of the people involved. People that had no pre conceived organization in mind when they did what they did.

My personal ancestry can be traced back about 1500 years, 375 years in this country. What is amazing is that the people my family is associated with also tracks for almost all of the same time. What that means is that if you take a snapshot at any time in history of the names of the families very closely related, ie no more than 2nd cousins, they are all the SAME! This makes sense back in the early years, but when we get the the 1800's it starts to seem sort of spooky. When it extends to the 1970's its down right spooky. No one introduced us formally, in fact we were several states removed and total strangers introduced us.

How and why does this happen??? Total strangers, yet related by blood, at least by 4th cousins.

This is more than some kind of intentional inbreeding, its some kind of unintentional genetic inbreeding.

It turns out that not only MY marriage, but the marriage of my father, grandfather, gg grandfather, and ggg grandfather, and even gggg grandfather follows this pattern.

There is no apparent significance in this pattern, other than real Americans breed true Americans. Even if you do not agree with this statement, its truly an interesting phenomenon.

Just why do closely related people tend to marry people with closely related ideas and historical connections? And Yes I am related to president Bush, very remotely. But thats why I love him!

And before you do protest to loud, both GW Bush and I are related to George Washington! Think about this before responding.

[alf]

This might explain why you are pasting stickers at the mall. How is that coming along btw?

[snowman]

good

[WI wide body]

Originally Posted by snowman

My question, who did you marry, is based on my own experience. What is truly amazing is WHO you married! The person I married was in a state several states removed from my own (NY vs MI), yet the person I married is somehow related to me in ways I had no way of knowing. I had no information in advance that this person was somehow involved with my family many generations before I met her. In fact some of the founding fathers of her community are also related to me. What is truly amazing is the close relationship of the people involved. People that had no pre conceived organization in mind when they did what they did.

My personal ancestry can be traced back about 1500 years, 375 years in this country. What is amazing is that the people my family is associated with also tracks for almost all of the same time. What that means is that if you take a snapshot at any time in history of the names of the families very closely related, ie no more than 2nd cousins, they are all the SAME! This makes sense back in the early years, but when we get the the 1800's it starts to seem sort of spooky. When it extends to the 1970's its down right spooky. No one introduced us formally, in fact we were several states removed and total strangers introduced us.

How and why does this happen??? Total strangers, yet related by blood, at least by 4th cousins.

This is more than some kind of intentional inbreeding, its some kind of unintentional genetic inbreeding.

It turns out that not only MY marriage, but the marriage of my father, grandfather, gg grandfather, and ggg grandfather, and even gggg grandfather follows this pattern.

There is no apparent significance in this pattern, other than real Americans breed true Americans. Even if you do not agree with this statement, its truly an interesting phenomenon.

Just why do closely related people tend to marry people with closely related ideas and historical connections? And Yes I am related to president Bush, very remotely. But thats why I love him!

I'm not quite getting where you're going with this...or actually even where you are coming from...but are you offering this as an excuse for some of President Bush's more bizarre actions or the reason for them?

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Jesus hates incest.

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Jesus hates incest.

And I've read that inbreeding can result in curious and bizarre postings on internet bulletin boards.

[nostatic]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Jesus hates incest.

but loves the incestuinator

incestinizer?

incestuloster?

waitress? Coffee please...and a clean napkin to write on...

[bigchillcar]

wha...

[Milu]

1500 years of inbreeding certainly goes a long way to explaining snowman. Wasn't there an episode of the X files about a family like that?

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by bigchillcar

wha...

You do not even want to finish that question!

[Rick V]

Ok I married my best friend. We wern't related at the time but under law we are now. As for real Americans breeding true Americans, unless you are a Native Indian, you arn't a true American. Our forefathers were kicked out of every civalized country in the world and landed here.

[stuartj]

You are a xenophobic twat snowman. Very funny though.

[frogger]

Pics just in of the happy husband and cousin/wife

[Dantilla]

I married my wife.

[Hard-Deck]

http://www.sdsc.org/Six_Degrees.htm

[Hard-Deck]

Originally Posted by Rick V

As for real Americans breeding true Americans, unless you are a Native Indian, you arn't a true American.

I married my H.S. sweetheart. We've been married over 20 years. She's a real American...AK Native

[Mo_Gearhead]

Quote: "Jesus hates incest."
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Adam + Eve = you are all related

[cantdrv55]

I don't think my wife and I were related before we got married. Some say we look alike now though, especially when I wear her little black dress.

[Moses]

DNA hybrid analysis has demonstrated that no families investigated thus far can claim accurate recollection of lineage for five generations.

Think about it. There was no contraception and peoples sexual proclivities were little different than they are today. Your grandfather may not be who you think he is. Your great-great grandfather is almost certainly not your biological relation.

So... It's unlikely that any of us are who we think we are. Related to George Washington? It's more likely your related to his stable boy.

[Moneyguy1]

Incest is relative.