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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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Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air,
And deep beneath the rolling waves,
In labyrinths of Coral Caves,
The Echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand;
And everthing is Green and Submarine
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