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Old 03-29-2011, 11:08 AM   #18 (permalink)
Daniel_
Evil Priest: The Devil Made Me Do It!
 
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Location: Southern England
I'm English.

Both my parents were, and 3 of my grandparents. My fourth grandparent is an unknown quantity - but could be anything from the allied nations as one parent was conceived in London in the year preceding D-day, and my grandmother was not good at collecting names...

Through my father's maternal family, I am descended from John of Gaunt. He was son of Edward III, who was himself descended from Henry II, whos mother was Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I, son of William I (the Conqueror).

My wife on the other hand cannot claim descent from William, but can tie herself back to a noble Saxon who went north for the battle of Stamford Bridge, and was injured so didn't come south for the battle of Hastings.
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