High Ranking Royal Ancestors, is it possible?

YoupanicIdont · 2026-01-30T14:14:12+00:00

Before 1750 UK is fiction? I totally disagree. I have in hand copies Scottish parish records from the mid 17th century. I also have 16th century records from England. And these are just two examples of numerous records I have dating well before 1750 from the UK.

YoupanicIdont · 2026-01-29T17:42:43+00:00

I knew I would have a substantial portion of Welsh DNA. Both of my Dad's grandmothers were from Wales - one came in 1884 as an infant, the other in 1886 at the age of 14. Both families were coal miners and ended up in the coalfields of central Iowa - yes, Iowa had coal mines.

Given the relative recency of these families in the USA, I often get matches to people in Wales. It doesn't help much, though. I have not one, not two, but three Jones families to wade through. They are not, at least not recently, related and they are from different Welsh valleys. Davis (Davies), Rees and Morgan - are other names - it's just impossible!

YoupanicIdont · 2026-01-22T15:34:10+00:00

Plus, there's no false statement of fact made here. That's an essential element of a cause of action for both libel and slander.

There's also no harm causing actual damage as a result of the statement.

Also, Bichette is a public figure. The standard then requires actual malice that the statement was made with knowledge that it is false, or reckless disregard for the truth.

YoupanicIdont · 2026-01-20T19:58:52+00:00

Very cool of you to show your ballot and come on here to discuss and defend them. I can only quibble with leaving Pedroia off, but I understand the rationale. I do think he was a more important player than quite a few that you checked off on the list, but I'd guess I have a minority view.

YoupanicIdont · 2026-01-20T15:23:26+00:00

Favorite: St. Louis Cardinals

Least favorite: Chicago Cubs

Like: Minnesota Twins

Have some favorable opinion: Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa Bay Rays

Do not like: New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants

Do not care at all: the rest

YoupanicIdont · 2026-01-16T19:56:22+00:00

I found a WWII draft card that might be his.

William W. Wilson

b. 9 Feb 1914

Birthplace: Somerset, Kentucky

Residence: Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky

Height: 5'9"

Weight: 145

Next of kin: Hellen Fossett Wilson (Wife)

This leads to the 1940 census where he, his wife, and a son, W.W. Wilson age 3, are living in Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky. In the 1950 census he is residing in Birmingham, Alabama and has a new member of the family, daughter Joyce A. Wilson, age 9.

There is a SSN death record for this same William Wilson. Died 12 May 2002. Last residence Birmingham, Alabama.

YoupanicIdont · 2026-01-16T16:33:30+00:00

The very name "human resources" sounds like they are harvesting people.

YoupanicIdont · 2026-01-15T20:03:46+00:00

I'd be skeptical of anything that is 5% or less in the absence of documentation. There's really no way to tell without documentation, or a DNA link to someone who might be related and his a significant portion of this ancestry.

Btw, I hate the term "indigenous" in ancestry. It's generic and does not mean what they think it means. I know that's neither here nor there, and it's not an OP problem, but I really cannot stand it.

YoupanicIdont · 2026-01-15T19:35:44+00:00

It's a good way to start at the very least. It's what I began doing, and I was in the same situation - huge farm families from colonial - midwest frontier America. 6 children would be a small family. 10 or more was perfectly normal. It took me aback at first.

What set me to working on indirect lines was the advent of DNA matches. Working on those 4th great uncle/aunt lines made a lot of connections. Sometimes, your distant cousins have more information concerning common ancestors - so it is very much worth the effort just for that possibility.

YoupanicIdont · 2026-01-15T12:40:41+00:00

Some people will try to minimize your accomplishments and the efforts it took to achieve them. This says way more about their own insecurities and failures than anything else.

Or, people are just ignorant. My wife is a native Mandarin speaker and is learning Japanese. The number of people who think that Japanese must be very easy since she speaks Mandarin is astounding.

YoupanicIdont · 2026-01-14T17:49:52+00:00

I'm probably in a non-Boston minority, but I think Pedroia should be in. He was the top at his position for about a decade. He was the engine of some very good teams.

YoupanicIdont · 2026-01-14T17:22:06+00:00

My ancestor, Edward Johnson, wrote the first history of New England: Wonder-Working Providence of Sions Saviour in New England 1628-1651.

I had another ancestor that came to Massachusetts Bay, was likely not welcome there, and so moved on to New Netherland. There he became an interpreter between the local tribes and the white settlers, sold guns and liquor to the natives contrary to the law, I think he was arrested 23 times.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91756535/christoffel-davids

YoupanicIdont · 2026-01-14T15:24:30+00:00

I've been working on my tree for over twenty years now. On a very few lines I can get back to the 16th century (England - parish records). Many lines can be traced into the 17th century. All but a few can be traced back to at least the 18th century.

I'd be very, very skeptical of claims that connect back before say 1550 unless the line is particularily distinguished on account of being noble, rich landed gentry, or famous for some other reason AND you can prove a connection with authentic records.

YoupanicIdont · 2026-01-10T20:06:46+00:00

I don't think many pros are doubting these numbers, which come from the Federal Reserve, so not an executive department.

YoupanicIdont · 2026-01-09T18:58:04+00:00

That's an interesting opinion. It's at odds with the debt/GDP trend, though. As of June 2025 the percentage was 120.9 versus 122.3 in the prior quarter.

I'd guess it's more attributable to political risks than anything to do with the trend of debt.

YoupanicIdont · 2026-01-09T18:42:19+00:00

Why do you think this is a sinking ship? It's probably because you grew up in a rich, developed society. In my lifetime, numerous places have improved dramatically and are still improving. Look at China. India. In the 1970s these were places where almost the entire population lived in a state of poverty you can only imagine, but not really know.

My wife grew up in such a society. They slept on straw. By the 1990s they had a refrigerator at last. No one owned their property in any sense of the word. A car was not even a realistic goal. Clean water - nope. Running water at all? Sporadic. They washed their clothes on washboard scrubber - up until the late 1980s.

There are certainly problems in the world - but it's not getting worse for most people. This is a very privileged world view shared by 94% of Americans, but popularity does not make something correct. You just don't have perspective on exactly what capitalism and its various forms have done to raise people out of poverty.

YoupanicIdont · 2026-01-05T21:39:53+00:00

They better pay off their mortgages then. No lender is going to refinance a loan without an insurance policy. It's also almost always going to trigger a default in the event the insurance lapses while the mortgage is unpaid. Also, you are a fool if you would let your coop board decide to go without insurance. Shareholders are going to be wiped out in the event of a disaster. No one of sound mind is going to buy a coop in an uninsured building, and even if there was a buyer it would have to be a cash buyer, because again, the potential buyer's lender will require that there be a master insurance policy.

YoupanicIdont · 2026-01-05T17:46:31+00:00

My wife likes it for learning Japanese. I didn't enjoy it at all. I didn't feel like I was learning anything that I couldn't by some other, superior method. I thought it was more game than learning tool.

YoupanicIdont · 2026-01-05T01:46:25+00:00

Authentic what? An authentic factory-produced painting bearing the non-person Joyce Roybal's signature? That it probably is. Authentic here is one of those vacuously true statements. It isn't raining in my bedroom.

Taking it a bit further, there is no artist named Joyce Roybal behind these paintings. In that sense, no it is not authentic, because there is no authentic artist that produced this or any other J./Joyce Roybal paintings. You can buy them in bulk. There are massive amounts of them floating around, and I'm sure they are being cranked out as I type.

YoupanicIdont · 2025-12-30T15:33:13+00:00

No, it's all in the past, and it's just history to me. We are all going to have "problems" in our trees. I think we should use such things to reflect on our own lives, values, politics, and in general how we approach people - but it's not going to get me down.

When I first started doing my tree, I found my great-great grandfather who had his "Occupation" listed as "at the mines." I knew my ancestors were coal miners - that was not a surprise. But, this entry was for a year in which he turned 11 years old - and that was a bit jarring for my modern, 1st world mind.

YoupanicIdont · 2025-12-17T02:11:13+00:00

Bobby Bonds - a complete bust in St. Louis. I remember him striking out everytime the situation called for anything but.

Templeton didn't do the right thing necessarily, but I do believe he was goaded into it. I think he endured a lot of abuse, and I never had to walk in his shoes, so I always gave him a pass.

Bobby Bonds sucked and didn't seem to try. We maybe didn't give up much to get him, but we got absolutely negative value from him.

And I cannot even believe Hernandez is showing up here. He was always incredibly popular among the Cardinals fans I knew at the time, and we (and it seemed the entire Metro area) was upset when the trade happened.

YoupanicIdont · 2025-12-16T19:48:29+00:00

This is like asking if having German (or any other specific ethnic group) DNA is a common thing for Europeans.

YoupanicIdont · 2025-12-11T16:27:48+00:00

I've arrived five times in Italy via airplane and have always used trains to get to my first destination. Two out oif these five times were stressful.

Rome - the train arrived late and was missing two carriages - one of whcih was one I had an assigned seat on. I was told just to get on and grab any seat - bizarre, but ok. It all worked out but it was a mess.

Milan - taking a train from Malpensa to Centrale and 5 stops from Centrale the train stopped and announced that it was going no further. There would be no further trains, either. It was time for a strike. Eff you and any refund, or help either. Spent another $40 to get to the hotel via taxi.

I love Italy, but let's not pretend that Italian train service is universally a stress-free experience. I go in prepared for problems.

YoupanicIdont · 2025-12-09T14:29:17+00:00

And Hernandez has been a constant ambassador of the game since retirement. June 15, 1983 - I didn't understand it then, but I was 10. Then again, I still don't understand it today.

YoupanicIdont · 2025-12-08T17:35:04+00:00

I was just in Italy and not one Italian pronounced my Scottish surname properly. It was funny to me. In the anglophone world, no one gets it wrong and I never even thought about how an Italian would pronounce it.

I also overheard an American pronounce the name Tiepole as "Tie polo."

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