From: rail@greywall.demon.co.uk   
      
   On 20/04/2019 18:47, Charles Ellson wrote:   
   > On Sat, 20 Apr 2019 18:24:41 +0200, Athel Cornish-Bowden   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2019-04-20 09:09:55 +0000, MB said:   
   >>   
   >>> On 19/04/2019 23:18, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
   >>>> Anyone who's _that_ bothered about who he's descended from that far   
   >>>> back - or even _much_ more recently (say two or three centuries),   
   >>>> whether nobility, serial killer, or whatever - has IMO a poor grasp of   
   >>>> what's important. Sure, it's _nice_ to find you are descended from   
   >>>> nobility, royalty, or someone famous; I'd be equally happy to find   
   >>>> someone infamous! (I've found a few rich farmers and merchants, but   
   >>>> mostly just Ag Lab or miner. Nobody _that_ famous.)   
   >>>   
   >>> But it has been happening for years with information from conventional   
   >>> sources.  Best example recent was the EastEnders actor on WDYTYA who   
   >>> found he was descended (allegedly) from William the Conqueror etc   
   >>> though it was obviously played up for television.   
   >>   
   >> With possible exception of people who've immigrated from Africa or Asia   
   >> in the last generation or so we're all descended from William the   
   >> Conqueror.   
   >>>   
   > Maybe more unlikely the further your origins are from SE England or   
   > anyone vaguely noble [sic]; the bike hadn't been invented in the 11th   
   > century.   
      
   Horses existed and Shanks' pony for the poor. There was also coastal and   
   river shipping. People moved around more than is generally realised.   
   Harold got his army from London to Stamford Bridge and back to Senlac   
   Hill in fairly short order.   
      
   > OTOH I have a friend who is his 27th ggdaur and if I can fill   
   > in 5 centuries between Walter Stewart, 1st Baron Kincardine and myself   
   > then I'm her cousin.   
   >   
      
      
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