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collateral ancestors

HENRY VIII LOSES HIS HEAD

Feb 24, 2020

art, genealogy, humour

beheadings, collateral ancestors, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VIII, House of York, Lego, Margaret “Tudor”

Only 500 years or so too late, Karma finally takes its toll of England’s Nero… Strangely, I found this amusing image on the very day I found out my oldest known relative was (according to Wikitree) related to old Henry ‘in the 29th degree’ via Henry’s sister Margaret “Tudor”. I admit I was inconsolable…
A recursive definitition

Nov 26, 2018

genealogy

ancestors, collateral ancestors, definitions, recursion

I really hate seeing this first word abused, so here goes: ANCESTOR: One of your parents or their ancestors. COLLATERAL ANCESTOR: The sibling of an ancestor. The cousin, however close or distant, of an ancestor does not fit either definition.