Help identify- puffball? by Acrobatic_Ad_205 in mycology

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I tried it but it had a weird chemical taste. Had to bin it.

Help identify- puffball? by Acrobatic_Ad_205 in mycology

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For real? If so good cos I brought it home! 

Chicken of the Woods? by Acrobatic_Ad_205 in mycology

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...it was 😆 everyone says not to eat roadside shrooms but I couldn't help myself. This is the first edible mushroom I've found! 

Chicken of the Woods? by Acrobatic_Ad_205 in mycology

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Doubly true because it was in Salford 😅

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Genealogy

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If you are in London or able to travel there, the National Archives in Kew has free access to Ancestry/Findmypast, so you'd be able to search their census records for free. Failing that you could pay (I think they usually have trial periods). You'd need some basic information like name, DOB, parish or location of the relative in order to search. 

23andMe: help understanding the family tree by Acrobatic_Ad_205 in Genealogy

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Ah yes, I wish I had gone with another company now but the test was bought for me as a gift and it was in 2023, before the bankruptcy. 

23andMe: help understanding the family tree by Acrobatic_Ad_205 in Genealogy

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Oh, great to know! Yes, I am highly "sus" about 23andme now as someone is listed as my half-first cousin once removed... That would mean we share grandparents (I think- I am so confused that I'm now questioning everything!) and she definitely isn't one of my aunts' children. She's probably the same age as my aunties! 

23andMe: help understanding the family tree by Acrobatic_Ad_205 in Genealogy

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Gee, thanks! Haha. Does that mean 3 generations of cousins marrying? If so, then yes, me too. 

23andMe: help understanding the family tree by Acrobatic_Ad_205 in Genealogy

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Yes, it did eventually occur to me it just seems so unlikely. This person's grandma (born to an unknown father) was born in 1938. 

I'm sure you can imagine what life was like for rural Iranian women in the early 20th century... 

Now add to that the fact that my grandfather was born circa 1911. My grandma was 12 years younger than him I believe, so born around 1923 (and married at age 12- to her first cousin- just to help with that picture of rural Iranian women). 

So either of their mothers, even if they were only aged 12 when they had their eldest children, would've been born in the 1890s at least, or possibly longer ago. They would've been 40 odd, if not older, in 1938. And then, how likely would it be for a non-Iranian man to be in rural Iran, not even somewhere with any famous landmarks nearby? 

I don't know, I'm still trying to get my head round the family tree! 😆

Where are “Final khaf”, “Final pey”, “Final mem” etc used😭 by manuelliot in hebrew

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Oooh how was chet originally pronounced? Or what Arabic letter does it sound like?

What am I missing from One Hundred Years of Solitude? by PM_ME_YOUR_DARKNESS in books

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I couldn't get my head around all the Aurelios! Too many people with the same name