This week's prompt is longevity. Like the longest-lived person on your tree or how long you have been doing genealogy, that sort of thing.
The only interesting thing I could come up with for this topic is that I have one branch I have followed and fleshed-out (disclaimer here: all my work is to be considered a work in progress) that goes back to early 1500s England. That's Henry VIII time, people. I had to let that sink in for a while.
This makes them my 14th great grand parents. Boggles the mind it does. And here's the thing about ancestry; as much as this excites me to find these things it is no where NEAR as interesting as those that are 4 generations back that I can find absolutely nothing on. That kind of mystery is really something that draws me in. When someone appears in my tree with the marriage to someone I already have and then after 2 census records drops dead with NO HINTS as to previous life and where they came from, now that is why I do this. To find the previously un-find-able.
But the longevity thing is nothing to be sneezed at. I had a British friend here visiting last week and she said her DNA showed she shares DNA with 40% British while mine is 68% combining England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. I know I have a lot of work to do to confirm everything I have on my tree. Let's hope I live long enough to do it all! (See what I did there? I hope I have the longevity.)
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